How to keep a bald eagle away from my house?

Question by tgfann: How to keep a bald eagle away from my house?
Does anyone know how do you keep a bald eagle out of your back yard? There's one lurking around out back, eyeing up my cat and my neighbor's beagle puppies. I know they're protected and I don't want to hurt him in any way. I was just wondering if maybe a scarecrow type thing might work?

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Answer by birdgirl
Bald Eagles mostly eat fish..they don't typically go after cats and dogs. They will also eat carrion, and sometimes will take waterfowl or small mammals such as mice. Their lifting power is 4lbs. so unless your cat and dogs weigh 3lbs or less, you really don't have anything to worry about. If you are very concerned for your pets safety, then don't let them outside unsupervised. It is up to you to keep your pets safe. You really cannot stop nature to protect domesticated animals that you are capable of keeping safe with just a small amount of effort. Scarecrows are not really going to work..the best I can suggest is you place something in the yard that moves..birds don't like motion. You can hang CDs or pie tins on strings from trees in your yard that will swing and sway in the wind and scare birds away.

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