In Sylacauga, Ala., FarmLinks team members and guests have witnessed a number of eagles on the golf course over the years, but the latest report of eagles at FarmLinks wasn’t about being under par.
Over several weeks, several people have spotted a pair of bald eagles soaring over Sulfur Mountain and Marble Valley or perching in the field just behind the FarmLinks Club House and the eighteenth hole.
FarmLinks’ Ben Richardson, who was able to capture a distant photo of the pair, said, “I saw the eagles in one of the standing dead trees and watched them perch on the limbs. One of the eagles had a completely white head and appeared very large, while the other had a few white feathers interlaced with its predominantly brown head. When they finally flew, the flight was synchronized; each eagle would turn and bank at the same time and they would fly just a wingspan apart.”
Once in danger of extinction, bald eagle populations dwindled in the 1950s and 1960s. But populations have increased across the nation and now even nest in Alabama, thanks to restoration efforts by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Nongame Wildlife Program.
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