From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-566421-805897
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (UPI) -- Officials in Michigan's Oakfield Township
said growing crowds of bald-eagle watchers have led to new
restrictions.
Township Supervisor William Dean said onlookers on the shoulder of 12
Mile Road in the township have grown so numerous that their presence
is creating a safety hazard, WZZM-TV, Grand Rapids, Mich., reported
Tuesday.
"When you get 60 or more people they start bulging out in the road
clear to the center line," says Dean. "If somebody gets swatted we are
the ones who have to pick him up. We are the ones people take to
court."
Dean said fines of up to $250 will be given out after "no stopping"
and "no standing" signs are erected next to the road.
He said the onlookers are attracted by a mated pair of eagles raising
two babies in a tree a few hundred yards from the road. He said bald
eagles tend to use the same nests for four to five years, so he
anticipates the problem will appear again in the future.