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  • FINAL Bald Eagle Migration Update: May 18, 1998
    As the migration seasons draws to a close, we thank biologists Peter Nye & Jim Watson for a fantastic season! Today's report includes a final migration map for each satellite-tracked eagle, along with 3 season's migration data for 2 western eagles. Summarize what you've learned about eagle migration this spring in your own scientific paper--just as these scientists must now do.
  • WESTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update AND EASTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: May 4, 1998
    We thought our 3 eastern eagles were on their nesting territory, then this note from Peter Nye: "Hey, we're seeing here a little additional movement by #F44; she may not be quite done..." Satellite tracking gives biologists a sample. But the migrations of individual birds actually represent the movements of a whole population. How many eagles might be migrating from the east to nest in the north, according to the same pattern as Peter Nye's 3 eagles?
  • WESTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update AND EASTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: April 27, 1998
    Our eagles in the East seem to be holding tight: Have they finished traveling for the season? Western Eagle #13 traveled 10 degrees latitude in only 10 days--all the way to the Nortwest Territories' MacKenzie River Delta. Why do non-breeding eagles, like #16, bother to migrate so far anyway?
  • Western Bald Eagle Migration Update AND Eastern Bald Eagle Migration Update: April 20, 1998
    Now in Labrador, never was an eagle known to nest so far north as #F44--and she may be still traveling! In the west, Jim Watson reminds us that each satellite-tracked eagle really represents a thousand or two migrants. Do weather clues help you determine when these eagles are moving?
  • Western Bald Eagle Migration Update AND Eastern Bald Eagle Migration Update: April 13, 1998
    No doubt about it, although late getting going, #F44 is on her way--and eagles that leave late are expected to go a long, long way north. In the West, Eagle #05 has left southeast Alaska--and is halfway across northern British Columbia. Bringing up the rear is Eagle #13--who's finally taken off for his breeding territory--but where??? We challenge you to guess the location of each eagle's nest!
  • Western Bald Eagle Migration Update AND Eastern Bald Eagle Migration Update: April 6, 1998
    Here's the news we've been waiting for: WESTERN Eagles #05 and #16 are on their way home! But why haven't #12 and #13 left Washington yet? --and "What's with this #F44 bird?" wonders Pete Nye in NY. We challenge you to guess the location of each eagle's nest!
  • News Flash--Eagle #F42 Takes Off for Her Nest!
    March 30, 1998
    "Eagle #F42 has boogied!!!!!" says Nye. What direction do you suppose she's headed? How long will she stay at each stop? Meterologist Glen Schuster provides a blow-by-blow analysis of the wind and weather on the days #F42 flew.

  • Travels of Eastern Eagles as of 03/23/98
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    Bald Eagle Migration Update: March 23, 1998
    Anticipation builds as we wait for the Western eagles to take off. Based on Watson's observations of other breeders, they should depart within 3 or 4 days in consecutive years. Will the NY eagles continue to migrate or are they already on their nests? Biologist Nye summarizes the whereabouts of each eagle, then asks you to consider the questions that are running through his own mind right now.
  • News Flash--3rd Bald Eagle Captured in NY: March 16, 1998
    This unscheduled report brings news about some exciting developments in Peter Nye's study. Depending on decisions made by our eagles, we may provide weekly migration updates over the next few weeks, so you'll have the most current migration data.
  • Bald Eagle Migration Update: March 9, 1998
    Get ready for the migration! One Eastern eagle may already be on her way. Jim Watson says some of the 23 eagles in his Washington study have already left, though the 4 were watching with him are still in the wintering region.
  • Bald Eagle Migration Update: February 23, 1998
    Eagles depart from Washington's Skagit River as the salmon run draws to a close, and New York eagles prepare to nest. Meanwhile we wait for the migration to begin.
  • Bald Eagle Migration Update: February 9, 1998
    Meet this year's migrating eagles--and the scientists who are studying them. Analyze satellite research data from these two separate eagle research studies--one in New York and the other in Washington state--and design a research project of your own.

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