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Journey North News will be posted on Wednesdays Feb. 10, 24, Mar. 10, 24, Apr. 7, 21, May 5, 19 Background About This Study Challenge Questions Ask the Expert Related Resources Journey North News FINAL EASTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: May 19, 1999 Special thanks to our bald eagle biologists for sharing their expertise with us again this year. Though Journey North's migration season is now ending, one of Nye's eagles is still on the move--traveling later and longer and farther than any other eagle he's ever followed. FINAL WESTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: May 19, 1999 By NOT migrating yet, Jim Watson's Eagle #12's reveals some of the underlying reasons for migration. An important step in a scientist's work is sharing research results with other scientists. Now that the season is over, write your own scientific paper based on the Bald Eagle research you have witnessed----just as our featured scientists are preparing to do! WESTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: May 12, 1999 Eagle #18 made a bold dash northward, flying all the way from Washington to Canada's Northwest Territories in only 12 days! So why did he head back south? This eagle visits included Wood Buffalo National Park, the same place the world's only wild whooping cranes are now migrating.. EASTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: May 12, 1999 Map today's data and you'll see Eagle #F83 has gone way, way north! Then follow Eagle #F44's journey north with meteorologist Glen Schuster. Day by day, he recaptures the flying conditions the eagle experienced, using the many tools a meteorologist has to determine the temperatures, cloud cover, wind speeds, etc. EASTERN Eagle Migration Update: May 5, 1999 We've been so busy tracking eagles, have you ever thought about the path the data take from the eagle to you? Find out what happens when one little laptop breaks down. Also, do male and female eagles migrate together? Do they spend the winter in the same place? Peter Nye shares his observations. EASTERN Eagle Migration Update: April 28, 1999 While their migration is underway, watch for these "Data Only" migration updates between our regularly scheduled updates. (Plus these words from biologist Pete Nye: "Wow! Look at Eagle #F83 go! #F44's on her way up also.") WESTERN Eagle Migration Update: April 21, 1999 As you track individual eagles by satellite this spring, don't forget: These individuals are not traveling alone. They actually represent a wave of migratory movement. In fact, the 2 eagles you are tracking are ONLY 2 among an estimated 6,000 - 10,000 eagles that are migating right now in the Pacific Northwest according to the same pattern. EASTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: April 21, 1999 Nye discovers that an eagle arriving early on nesting grounds must fly south for food. "About 109 miles--easily do-able in a day," he adds. This spring's data also show 2 eagles that winter in St. Lawrence River area appear to use same reservoir in Quebec as a nesting site. EASTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: April 14, 1999 This unscheduled update is to provide the latest migration data only. But one eagle's behavior is to curious, we just have to ask: Wha't up with Eagle #F82? WESTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: April 7, 1999 EASTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: April 7, 1999 EASTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: March 31, 1999 This unscheduled update is provided because the EASTERN eagles are on their way! Four of 5 of our birds are well on the move now--and at least one is back on her nesting grounds. Where do you guess each eagle will finally land? Eagle Wearing Satellite Backpack EASTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: March 24, 1999 The migrations are underway! "We've got a mass exodus!" wrote Peter Nye when today's data arrived. Somebody must have told the Eastern Eagles it's spring. How do their departure dates and routes compare to last year's? Why do you suppose eagles #F44 and #F82 are still hanging out? WESTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: March 24, 1999 "Finally some action!" writes biologist Jim Watson. According to today's data, what migration route is the first eagle following--any ideas why? Meanwhile some Washington eagles are already on their nests. Why don't all eagles migrate? WESTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: March 10, 1999 "Anticipation is still the key word here in Washington as we wait to see where our eagles will migrate," says biologist Jim Watson. In addition to all the advantages of tracking migration with satellite telemetry, what concerns does the scientist have? EASTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: March 10, 1999 "This are getting interesting!" wrote Peter Nye last night when the lastest satellite data arrived. What caused our eastern eagles to suddenly retreat soutward last Sunday or Monday? WESTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: February 24, 1999 With the salmon spawn now 3-4 weeks past, all that's left is a scrap of a backbone, a piece of skin, or maybe a whole carcass for the luckiest eagle. Is it a change of available prey, or the restless urge to migrate, that's been making the West Coast eagles travel lately? EASTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: February 24, 1999 Hungry for a bite of biologist Peter Nye's bait, the 5th eagle of the tracking season was captured last week. As the crow flies, how far has this eagle flown after being freed? And what did Nye learn about the behavior of eagles on their wintering grounds this week? WESTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: February 10, 1999 From Washington's Skagit River, biologist Jim Watson is back this year with 2 Bald Eagles he's tracking by satellite telemetry. Up to 500 eagles feed on chum salmon along the Skagit during the winter. Which one of the eagles he captured there now seems to be wandering around Washington? EASTERN Bald Eagle Migration Update: February 10, 1999 New York Biologist Peter Nye suspects the weather brought good luck--and 2 new eagles to track last week. Why might New York eagles have been "feeding up" on the 1st of February? Nye has 4 eagles "on-line" for you to follow this spring. How does migration compare from year to year, and from season to season? Thanks to high tech tracking, both scientists' birds will reveal some secrets to you this year. Ask the Expert Meet the Eagle Expert Answers From the Eagle Expert Related Resources Materials Needed Tracking Map Journey North Online Teacher's Manual Latitude, Longitude and Distance Traveled How to Map Satellite Telemetry Data Suggestions for Student Research Using Satellite Data Comparing Migration Year to Year, Season to Season Weather Causing Hungry Eagles? Weather and Eagle Migration (Spring, 1998 Results) Copyright 1999 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. 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