Eagles on the Overpeck: Symbols of our nation, nesting on a toxic ...

Friday, May 03 2013 @ 12:44 PM EDT

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By S.P. Sullivan
May 01, 2013 at 6:07 AM

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(Gallery by S.P. Sullivan/NJ.com)

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RIDGEFIELD PARK ? Al and Alice's story is like something out of the Springsteen canon: Two star-crossed lovers overcome the odds and make good, settling down and starting a family somewhere in the swamps of Jersey.

The pair of American bald eagles have made their home in a tall cluster of cottonwood trees overlooking Overpeck Creek in the Meadowlands. It's a great location, even in often expensive Bergen County ? right on the water, easy access to Route 46 and the New Jersey Turnpike.

The only problem is that their tree sits on a state-designated toxic waste site that will soon be cleaned up and turned into a large-scale development. Fierce predators they may be, it turns out bald eagles don't know the first thing about real estate.

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Source: http://www.hancockwildlife.org/article.php/EaglesNestingOnToxicWaste

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