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Migration
Update: March 25, 2009 |
Welcome
to the 2009 Journey North Bald Eagle Study! |
What's
this eagle waiting for?
(Move your mouse over picture to find out!)
Did you know it takes about 35 days to incubate an egg? The eggs are about
2.75 inches long by 2.25 inches wide.
Photos courtesy First
Light Power |
Maps
and Data |
You
will be excited to see this week's migration map. A combination
of factors seemed to urge the eagles to take flight over the past
10 days. U25 continues to head northward, and seems to win the slow
and steady race. How would you describe the flight pace for U21
and U27? Do you wonder if their flight patterns reflect their personalities?
There's
a lot to record in your journals this week. Imagine taking a ride
along with any of the eagles. What would you see? Study and analyze
the maps—brought directly to you from satellites—and
imagine! |
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Questions about this week's map >>
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Other
Eagle Sightings Highlights: |
03/20/09
I live on New Jerseys largest lake and there was a beautiful Bald
Eagle soaring and swooping down to the lake yesterday afternoon.
It was chased off by first one and then two smaller birds (perhaps
osprey) who kept following it and swooping closer and closer. It
flew south from my home still over the lake. My wife enjoyed the
sighting with me. We are 35+/- miles from the Delaware Water Gap
and I know that there are eagles there. Landing, NJ
03/21/09
Eagle has blue band stamped with V34. Warwick, NY (See photo
R of V34 taken by Jon McRay in 2006) |
Osprey
chasing eagle. What is the eagle clutching?
Credit Jon McRay |
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Explore:
Eagle Map Archives |
U21,
U25, and U27 were all captured along the Upper Delaware River in
January, 2006. Do the math—how long have we been tracking
their migrations?
If
you take a road trip to visit someone do you often stop at the same
places along the way to eat or spend the night? Eagles do this too!
Thanks
to satellite radios that can operate for multiple years, we have
learned a great deal about their 'fidelity,' or faithfulness, to
their sites and routes. Will the birds continue to follow the same
habits this spring? To help you predict, study the spring migration
routes of the eagles. Use your journals to take notes and make your
predictions about each bird.
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Eagle
Migration: Map Archives >> |
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Keep
an Eye on the Nest |
The
first egg should have hatched at the Norfolk Botanical Garden eagle
nest on around March 13. The other 2 eggs were scheduled to hatch
just a day or 2 later. During the daylight hours, if you are lucky,
you might see the baby eaglets, or their parents bringing food to
them in their nest.
Bookmark
your class computer to keep an eye on the activity! >> |
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Eagle
Expert Peter Nye: Questions Answered |
This
spring, your class was invited to pose questions to Peter Nye, our eagle
expert. Come read these questions along with others asked over the past
10 years. Learn what 'Eagleye' Nye has to share about everything from
eagle characteristics to life cycle and conservation.
- Students' 2009 Questions and All the Answers >>
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Links:
This Week's Eagle Resources |
- Other
NestCams: Cornell Lab of Ornithology >>
- Explore:
Eagle Migration Map Archives >>
- Eagle
Glossary Words: fidelity, incubate, hatch, eaglet >>
- Lessons,
Activities, and Resources >>
- Journey
North for Kids:
Eagles >>
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Eagle
Journal >>
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The
Next Bald Eagle Migration Update Will Be Posted on April 1, 2009.
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