On 5/16, female eagle at Blueberry Island seen brooding and then feeding
at least one chick. One head seen and one excrement squirt seen over the
side of the nest, but the female was offering fish morsels to at least one
unseen
chick as well.
(Sent from Iain MacLeod, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center,
via Chris Martin, New Hampshire Audubon.)
NH Audubon senior biologist Chris Martin sent us another update on the
progress of the Blueberry Island eagles. Here is an excerpt of his
April 20 e-mail.
For those of you who may be more interested in the status of the Blueberry
Island nest on Lake Winnipesaukee, observer Iain MacLeod has confirmed a new
male in the pair wearing a red leg band, and that the birds are currently
incubating in a nest re-built since early March in the same tree used
in 2010. (Click on the photo for the full-size version.)
NH Audubon senior biologist Chris Martin sent us this update on the progress
of our eagle chicks, along with one other local eagle chick. Our chicks are
79604 and 79606.
Here's an update through January 2011 on the status and movements of
three hatch-year bald eagles from the Merrimack River watershed that were
equipped with satellite transmitters back in June 2010.
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