DDT infestation almost ruined the large and wonderful Bald Eagle population of North America back in the 1960-70s. Cyril Coldwell of Gaspereau Valley, Kings County, N.S. is credited with reviving the population by bringing this fact to the notice of the public and by organizing chicken farmers into providing 'road kill' and dead chickens, culled from their chicken farms in the Annapolis Valley at hillside feeding sites for the remaining eagles. As a natural ornithologist and bird lover, he also nursed injured eagles back to health at his farm in the Gasprereau Valley. The Bald Eagles live mainly in Cape Breton for three seasons of the year and then fly off to those feeding grounds in the Annapolis Valley for the winter months. Need I say that I LOVE watching the eagles soar overhead in our beloved Cape Breton, let alone capturing them in their natural habitat in all media, graphite, WC, Gouache and Oil!
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