There is plenty of action in the skies above Marion County currently as eagles and owls fight for nesting space in the Lake Red Rock area.

Marion County Naturalist Marla Mertz tells KNIA/KRLS News Great Horned Owls and Bald Eagles have started their annual nesting in the area and both are territorial nesters which is causing quite the competition. Mertz says that some feathers are getting ruffled as to who is going to get the nest and who will get the territory. Mertz adds that it’s fascinating the owls are starting to nest as cold as it is and that some of the eagles in the state are already on eggs and it won’t be long before you are able to spot eagle nests in the area.