Toronto’s first-ever bald eagles nest at risk: birder [Video]

Less than a week after news of Toronto’s first-ever documented bald eagle’s nest broke, a birder in the city says the site is already at risk due to the ongoing efforts to keep another species out of the area.

“People are celebrating the eagle story now, but I think what we’re going to have is a human-nature conflict,” said Steven McClellan, a Toronto-based bird watcher who photographed some of the first images of the nest last month.

Because the location of the eagle’s nest has not been disclosed publicly, CTV News Toronto is not revealing the type of deterrence “management” being carried out by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) nor the bird at which the efforts are aimed.

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However, McClellan says, that work is disruptive to the pair of nesting bald eagles after seeing their adverse reaction first hand.

“The male eagle, who had been away, was pretty freaked out. [It] …