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We have a Bald Eagle that has taken up residence at my place of employment in the heart of the Houston Ship Channel Industrial Zone, Chevron Phillips Chemical Pasadena, Texas. Our #1 process water pond is jammed packed full of tilapia up to two pounds and no one seems to know where they came from. The water is warm enough from process discharge that they over wintered through temps in the high 20's this winter. He had a mate with him until a couple of months ago and we assume she is nesting nearby. People see him catch tilapia on a daily basis. The second pic shows him chasing an osprey that also frequents the ponds.  
Pond Boss subscriber ever since I joined the forum. Thanks Bob!
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"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling ![[Linked Image from i.pinimg.com]](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ed/b5/e7/edb5e7f935843b996cf52be593c9ebd2--smoothie-smooth-collie.jpg)
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cool story, awesome pics FT.
you allowed to "move" some of them tilapia?
GSF are people too!  
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That is what this is all about. Awesome Nature at its best!!!!
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1/10 - 1/4 acre pond plus 16 ft deep/ Plus 40 ft by 20 ft by 6 ft deep koi and fathead minnow pond next to it. Upstate NY
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Nature? Living on a heated lake in Texas eating fish from Africa? Very cool though.
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Awesome Pics! Last Spring, while I was out doing some tractor work, I noticed an Osprey with a young bass heading from a large pond near by back to his/her riverside nesting site. A moment later, I saw a bald eagle in 'pursuit.' At a distance, I watched them "mix it up" a little, and here comes the bald eagle back WITH the bass in her claws and one angry osprey diving and screeching on the bald eagle to no success. Any life pond-side is a good life. 
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Originally posted by TN Hillbilly:
Nature? Living on a heated lake in Texas eating fish from Africa? Very cool though. Isn't the essence of nature adaptation? Ultimately I agree though, there is nothing natural about Texas.
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Apparently someone hacked into my account a made a post designed to tease Texans. I would never to that.
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