Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

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Challenge Question #10

From: by way of Journey North <lthurber@mac.com>
Date: Mon Apr 10 2006 - 17:01:36 EDT
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>" Which of our satellite tracked eagles have begun their migrations? List
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>them and note whether male or female. Which birds left the earliest? From
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>this information can you determine whether males or females leave first?"
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>Birds that have begun migration
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>V98 - Female
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>P04 - Male
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>U21 - Female
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>U25 - Female
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>U27 - Female
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>It looks as if Y96 (Female) and Y94 (Female) have also just started to
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>migrate.
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>The adult birds left the earliest, which was mostly female. We don't think
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>that from this information, we can tell if males or females leave first,
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>what we do see is that the immature birds are not migrating as quickly as
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>the mature ones.
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>When we look at the immature ones that are not really moving - we have P88
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>(Male), P89 (Female), P90 (Male) and P91 (Male) - this makes us think that
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>the females might leave before the males, but we can't be sure.

>Tucker, Ruby, and Phoebe
>Grade 4
>Ferrisburgh Central School
>Ferrisburgh, VT 05456
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Received on Mon Apr 10 17:01:44 2006


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