Here's a note just in from Peter Nye:
"Dear Journey North,
"This week's eagle data from #28 is attached. On February 23rd she was still within our little wintering area. On the 25th seemed to be drifting down into Pennsylvania, about 25 miles south of New York. Then on the 27th she was on the Lackawaxen River just into Pennsylvania, about 9 km west of our Delaware River and still within our "wintering area". It's a place where we have other wintering eagles. On Wednesday, March 1st she was at virtually the same location."
"Unfortunately for eagle trapping spring is at our doorstep! New York eagles are beginning to nest. Big trapping push next 5 days in northern New York. I have two people trying to trap on the St. Lawrence River, so might get lucky any time. Will let you know right away."
Regards, EAGLEYE NYE
Date Latitude Longitude
Feb. 23 41.633 N 74.793 W Feb. 25 41.331 N 75.151 W Feb. 27 41.214 N 75.175 W Mar. 1 41.234 N 75.186 W
Students Respond to CHALLENGE QUESTIONS:
1) "What news about bald eagles was announced on July, 4, 1995?
From: WASHINGTON, D.C.
Dear Journey North, I am a Edmund Burke student and I have found the answer to the challenge questions. I got it off of my computer out of an article from The Washington Post. The answer is: On July 1st the US Fish and Wildlife Service made an announcement that the bald eagles are no longer endangered. They are now considered " threatened " meaning that there enough to be considered safe. Also another source some of the students used was Time Magazine.
The people who answered the questions were: Lainey Polikoff, Karl Rodger, David Copeland, Matt Ell. EBSGRADE6@aol.com
From WISCONSIN: We're from the seventh grade Life Science class in Pepin, Wisconsin. Our names are Jason Enberg, Jason Hetrick, and Eric Ericson. We are responding to this question: What important announcement was made about the eagles on July 4, 1994? The answer is that the eagles were removed from the endangered species list and put on the threatened list.
2) "What's the name of the body of water where our eagle is probably fishing this winter?"
From ALASKA:
We don't have a very good map, but we think it could be the Wallkill Range River or maybe the Hudson River. There's a lake near but we couldn't find a name on our map for it.
Kaveolook School(6-8 grade) located on Barter Island, in the Arctic Ocean, in the village of Kaktovik, Alaska within Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Crystal Kaleak, Alicia Rexford, Ebuk Chandler, Darlene Tagarook, Peter Chandler, Daniel Gordon, Donald Gordon, Donald Tagarook, Bobgerad Akootchook, Bailey Aishanna,and our teacher Susan Mason. eachandler@arctic.nsbsd.k12.ak.us
From NEW YORK:
We would like to guess that the eagle is over the Long Island Sound near the north shore of Long Island.
Mrs. Berger's Class K12ROBZJ@vaxd.hofstra.edu
From: Jackson School
We think that our eagle is fishing in the Rio Res. She could also be fishing at the Delaware River which is only a few miles away. The Swinging Bridge and the Toronto Reservoirs are also nearby.
Sincerely, The Eagle Team Pao, Ace, Long, Mai Chao, Pachi, Demarcus, Amanda, and Carol Dye jackson@solutions.solon.com
From SCIENTIST PETER NYE:
The exact location of the satellite location for February 21st is the Swinging Bridge Reservoir. It was fully frozen when we captured her, which is why she liked my deer carcass. She's fishing immediately below this reservoir/dam where a power plant is releasing water into the river. Eagles like to fly the short distance up to the reservoir to "loaf" (perch) and that's where she was when the satellite passed over on the 21st..