Bald Eagle Migration Update: March 27, 2001 Today's Report Includes: A Note About These Weekly Updates During Peak Migration Field Notes from Peter Nye How Fast and Far Do Eagles Travel in a Day? Challenge Question #14 Golden Eagle to Join the Migration Parade! Try Journey North's New GIS Map Server REMINDER: Guess Where They'll Nest A Note About These Weekly Updates During Peak Migration The schedule on the Bald Eagle Home Page shows the dates of our planned updates this spring. However, during peak migration, we don't want you to miss the excitement. Therefore, probably through April 17th, we'll post updates every week. Field Notes from Peter Nye Migration Map "They're moving out! March 23-24 must have been good for traveling. Three of our birds moved out of New York State suddenly over these days. Only Eagle E50 remains here in New York now. Link to This Week's Satellite Data (You can use the data to make your own migration map, or print and analyze ours.) "Take a look at these weather maps. Do March 23-24 look like good days to migrate? (Or, perhaps the previous days were BAD DAYS to travel, so the eagles waited for better weather?) Link to Weather Map Archives How Fast and Far Do Eagles Travel in a Day? "People always wonder how far an eagle travels in a single day. Here's your chance to answer this question for Eagle K58 on the first day of spring. She must have felt like flying that day! Today's data (below) show two readings for March 20th. The first was taken at 9:26 and the other at 16:20. Challenge Question #14: "How many miles did Eagle K58 fly between her two March 20th readings? According to these readings, how many miles per hour did K58 travel during this time, on average?" For assistance, try the "Online Distance Calculator." (To respond to this question, please follow the instructions below.) Golden Eagle to Join the Migration Parade! "We recovered an injured golden around Christmas that had been lead-poisoned. She has undergone extensive rehabilitation and flight-training, and is now ready to be released. We have never put a satellite radio on a golden eagle, and intend to put one on this sub-adult to see where she goes. Her release date scheduled for this Thursday, 29 March--We'll send you the news!" Eagle Eye Nye New York Department of Environmental Conservation Try Journey North's New GIS Map Server Now you can explore Bald Eagle migration with interactive maps using data from the past five seasons (1997-2001). Warning: A fast Internet connection--and patience--are important when using the GIS map server. It's a wonderful system, but it can be very slow, especially over school networks with multiple computers. We hope you enjoy it! Link to Journey North's New GIS Map Server REMINDER: Guess Where They'll Nest Peter Nye has now submitted his guesses, and we'll place them on our map next week. Test your wits against the pro's (but no fair waiting until the eagles give away more clues)! Challenge Question #10 "Where do you think Eagles E47, E49, E50 and E63 will nest this spring? Give the exact latitude and longitude of their final destination." (To respond to this question, please follow the instructions below.) How to Respond to Today's Challenge Questions: IMPORTANT: Answer only ONE question in each e-mail message. 1. Address an e-mail message to: jn-challenge-eagle@learner.org 2. In the Subject Line of your message write: Challenge Question #10 (or #14). 3. In the body of EACH message, answer ONE of the questions above. The Next Bald Eagle Migration Update Will Be Posted on April 3, 2001 Copyright 2001 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to our feedback form