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Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
34.26, -85.16
Field Notes
Description:
This is "B3", the big female baby raised by the Berry College eagles in 2014. It will be about 5 years before she has a white head like her mom and dad. I caught this picture just 2 weeks before she fledged and left the nest (on May 22) during a follow up visit after visiting the nest in January.
(You can see one of the parents working on the nest here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/160166007)
They laid 2 eggs this season, but only one hatched.
Habitat:
The Bald Eagle's natural range covers most of North America, including most of Canada, all of the continental United States, and northern Mexico. Northern birds are migratory, while southern birds are resident, remaining on their breeding territory all year. Although still protected by federal and state law, eagles were taken off the federal list as a threatened species in 2007. During the 2014 nesting season, DNR’s Nongame Conservation Section documented 188 occupied nesting territories in Georgia. Of these, 148 were successful, fledging 235 eaglets.
Notes:
Spotted on the campus of Berry College in Rome, GA Between nesting cycles, Georgia DNR and Berry College and the local power company have installed eagle cams so that people can watch this pair remotely and without disturbing them. Here's a link to the eagle cam: http://www.berry.edu/eaglecam/ (Warning! It can be addictive!) There are high hopes we will see the pair return next year, and as of this posting, they have added a second camera for viewing!
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