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Eagle Sightings
Winter 2007-2008
The NEC's 2008 Annual Golden
Eagle Survey Count was on Jan. 19, 2008. The 2007 count was 41 golden
eagles for the day and 51 for the week, up from 2006's 23 for the day and
29 for the week.
2008 results are being tallied now!
On or around March 14:
- Red Wing (Colville Park) 15
- Reads Landing 63
- Wabasha 24
- Alma 15
- Buffalo City 16
- Lock and Dam 5A 5
Some eagles are flying,
however most are roosting.
On or around February 25:
- Red Wing (Colville Park) 37
- Reads Landing 25
- Wabasha 12
- Alma 22
- Buffalo City 10
- Lock and Dam 5A 1
Some eagles are flying,
however most are roosting.
On or around February 22:
- Red Wing (Colville Park) 0 -
Water is frozen due to power plant shut-down
- Reads Landing 18
- Wabasha 12
- Alma 4
- Buffalo City 2
- Lock and Dam 5A 0
There are signs of the migration starting and we should be seeing migrating eagles next week.
On or around February 8:
- Red Wing (Colville Park) 32
- Reads Landing 29
- Wabasha 13
- Alma 9
- Buffalo City 7
- Lock and Dam 5A 5
WOW! What a great cold snap!!
Unfortunately, so cold and long that it pushed many Eagles farther South,
and the numbers drastically went down.
Warmer weather will bring them back.
13 Trumpeter Swans visible in Wabasha from the National Eagle Center along
with Common Mergansers and
Common Goldeneyes. A Barrows Goldeneye was seen near the Geological
Marker on February 2.
On or around January 25:
- Red Wing (Colville Park) 51
- Reads Landing 28
- Wabasha 18
- Alma 3
- Buffalo City 2
- Lock and Dam 5A 14
WOW! What a great cold snap!!
Unfortunately, so cold and long that it pushed many Eagles farther South,
and the numbers drastically went down.
Warmer weather will bring them back. 6 Trumpeter Swans visible in Wabasha from the National Eagle Center along with... Common Mergansers and
Common Goldeneyes.
On or around January 11:
- Red Wing (Colville Park) 15
- Reads Landing 78
- Wabasha 12
- Alma 21
- Buffalo City 32
- Lock and Dam 5A 14
The River has really opened up,
all the way to Alma. In fact, this has really spread the Eagles out,
with more warm weather on the way.
Thousands of Common Goldeneyes and
Common Mergansers are being seen at Reads Landing as well.
On or around December 14:
- Red Wing (Colville Park) 12
- Reads Landing 160
- Wabasha 99
- Alma 49
- Buffalo City 15
- Lock and Dam 5A 20
The river has finally opened up so we now have
a large number of eagles in Wabasha!!
There are also large numbers of Common Goldeneyes and Common Mergansers at Reads
Landing, in addition to 7 Tundra Swans, 2 Canvasbacks and Lesser Scaup.
With more ice than usual for this time of the year,
eagle numbers should increase as migration continues and open water comes back.
On December 4, 2007 over 120 eagles were spotted on the ice and
trees of the Read’s Landing area, up river from Wabasha.
On or around December 7:
- Red Wing (Colville Park) NA
- Reads Landing 55
- Wabasha 4
- Alma 5
- Buffalo City 2
- Lock and Dam 5A 13
More ice than usual for this time of the year, Eagle numbers should increase as migration continues and open water comes back.
The National Eagle Center’s involvement in bald eagles surveys have
been done as a part of EagleWatch since 1989. A Golden Eagle survey
coordinated by National Eagle Center Program Specialist Scott Mehus is
now in its 4th year.
The NEC will the hold the 2008
Annual Golden
Eagle Survey Count Jan. 19, 2008. The 2007 count was 41 golden
eagles for the day and 51 for the week, up from 2006's 23 for the day and
29 for the week. Please join us!
Scott also reported 328 mostly adult bald eagles, 170
red-tailed hawks, 31 rough-legged hawks, and 20 kestrels along the
routes well.
Follow this link for exquisite
photos of sightings in the Chilkat
River Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines Alaska, in November 2007.
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