亚利桑那州，首次发现秃鹰在仙人掌上筑巢

亚利桑那州，首次发现秃鹰在仙人掌上筑巢

The Arizona Game and Fish Department shared what it said were the first known photos of bald eagles nesting within the arms of a saguaro cactus taken in the state.

亚利桑那州渔猎部分享了他们所知的首张秃鹰在仙人掌的臂弯里筑巢的照片。

“A rare sight,” the agency tweeted.

“罕见的一幕!”该机构在推特上写道。

The last time was in 1937, according to Kenneth “Tuk” Jacobson, the agency’s coordinator of raptor management.

上一次是在1937年，据该机构猛禽管理协调员肯尼斯·“杜克”·雅各布森(Kenneth“Tuk”Jacobson)说。

Kermit Lee of Lee’s Trading Post had mentioned large nests in saguaros along the Verde River that were believed to belong to bald eagles — but there were no photographs or other documentation.

Lee 's Trading Post的克米特·李(Kermit Lee)曾提到过在佛尔德河沿岸的saguaros中的大型巢穴，人们认为这些巢穴属于秃鹰，但没有照片或其他文件证明。

A team of biologists out on a bald eagle surveying trip made the new find near a central Arizona reservoir, according to Jacobson.

根据雅各布森的说法，一队生物学家在进行秃鹰调查旅行时，在亚利桑那州中部的一个水库附近发现了这一情况。

He called the discovery “amazing.”

他称这一发现“令人惊讶”。

The US Fish and Wildlife Service says bald eagles are “an Endangered Species Act success story.”

美国鱼类和野生动物管理局表示，秃鹰是“濒危物种法案的成功案例”。

They were in danger of extinction 40 years ago due to habitat destruction, poaching and the contamination of their food supply with chemicals like DDT.

40年前，由于栖息地的破坏、偷猎和DDT等化学物质污染了它们的食物供应，它们面临灭绝的危险。

The conservation effort succeeded in bolstering the numbers and in 2007 they were taken off the endangered species list — although they are still classified as protected.

保护工作成功地增加了这些物种的数量，并在2007年将它们从濒危物种名单中删除——尽管它们仍被列为受保护物种。

Bald eagles sometimes have multiple nests within their territories, mostly atop large trees and those nests can weigh as much as half a ton, according to the Wildlife Service. They sometimes nest on cliffs or on the ground — and, in rare cases, a cactus.

据野生动物服务组织称，秃鹰有时会在自己的领地内筑多个巢，大多在大树顶上，这些巢的重量可达半吨。它们有时会在悬崖上或地面上筑巢，偶尔也会在仙人掌上筑巢。