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Eagle perched atop the Bilby tower at Couba Island

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Description

Eagle perched atop the Bilby tower at Couba Island. This is perhaps the lastcomplete Bilby tower in existence and will be relocated to Osgood, Indiana, thehometown of Jasper Bilby, inventor of the Bilby tower. The Surveyors HistoricalSociety is overseeing this effort.

Photographer

Mr. Bart Crattie

Location

Louisiana, Couba Bayou

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey

NOAA Affiliation

Surveyor