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Meeting.
Club President Kelly Reigelsperger issued the call to order. All members and guest said the pledge of allegiance. Guest were introduced. Cindy May gave the moment of reflection. Last meeting's minutes were approved. Amy Morrissey gave a recap of the last Board Meeting. Happy/sad dollars were collected.
The upcoming pizza and sub sale fundraiser was discussed. President Reigelsperger stressed the importance of filling out and turning in of the club survey.
The club netted $73.00 from the 50/50 drawing that was held at the Powder Puff football game in Coldwater.
Hans Rehrmann, from the Celina Kiwanis club, presented two $125.00 checks, from the Celina and Coldwater Kiwanis clubs respectively, to help defray the tax obligation of the Aktion club.
Program.
The guest speaker, the Mercer County Eagle Monitor, was introduced by President Reigelsperger.
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), our national bird, is the only eagle unique to North America. The bald eagle's scientific name signifies a sea (halo) eagle (aeetos) with a white (leukos) head. At one time, the word "bald" meant "white," not hairless. Bald eagles are found throughout most of North America, from Alaska and Canada to northern Mexico. About half of the world's 70,000 bald eagles live in Alaska. Combined with British Columbia's population of about 20,000, the northwest coast of North America is by far their greatest stronghold for bald eagles. They flourish here in part because of the salmon. Dead or dying fish are an important food source for all bald eagles.
Eagles are a member of the Accipitridae family; which also includes hawks, kites, and old-world vultures.
Scientists loosely divide eagles into four groups based on their physical characteristics and behavior. The bald eagle is a sea or fish eagle.
The Bald Eagle is protected under the The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
The Eagle Act (16 U.S.C. 668-668c), enacted in 1940, and amended several times since then, prohibits anyone, without a permit issued by the Secretary of the Interior, from“taking” bald eagles, including their parts, nests, or eggs. The Act provides criminal and civil penalties for persons who “take, possess, sell, purchase, barter, offer to sell, purchase or barter, transport, export or import, at any time or any manner, any bald eagle ... [or any golden eagle], alive or dead, or any part, nest, or egg thereof.” The Act defines“take” as “pursue, shoot, shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, molest or disturb.” “Disturb’’ means:
"Disturb means to agitate or bother a bald or golden eagle to a degree that causes, or is likely to cause, based on the best scientific information available, 1) injury to an eagle, 2) a decrease in its productivity, by substantially interfering with normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering behavior, or 3) nest abandonment, by substantially interfering with normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering behavior."
In addition to immediate impacts, this definition also covers impacts that result from human-induced alterations initiated around a previously used nest site during a time when eagles are not present, if, upon the eagle's return, such alterations agitate or bother an eagle to a degree that injures an eagle or substantially interferes with normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering habits and causes, or is likely to cause, a loss of productivity or nest abandonment.
A violation of the Act can result in a criminal fine of $100,000 ($200,000 for organizations), imprisonment for one year, or both, for a first offense. Penalties increase substantially for additional offenses, and a second violation of this Act is a felony.
Demonstrating the wingspan of the Bald Eagle.
A facsimile of the Bald Eagle's skull is compared to that of a Red Hawk.
Click here for more information of Bald Eagles in Ohio.
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