SEATTLE: Just because they’re both emblems of American pride doesn’t mean fireworks and bald eagles should share the same skyline. The floating launch pad for next week’s July 4th (Independence Day) fireworks display in suburban Seattle is being moved from its usual site to avoid frightening a pair of baby bald eagles nesting in a tree on the shore of Lake Washington, sponsors of the event said on Thursday.
A spokeswoman for the local National Audubon Society chapter said the two eaglets, still too young to fly, might be so startled by the pyrotechnics that they would jump out of their nest and plunge to the ground, leaving them injured or vulnerable to predators.
Seattle fireworks too scary for baby bald eagles
