Re: tagged bald eagle

["Richard Wood" <rwoodphd at msn dot com>]

Hi all

This is off-topic, but on Sunday there supposedly was an article in the New
York Times about bringing back DDT to control mosquitoes.   The article was
pointed out by a person on another birding list that I am on.

I only mentioned it because Jessica mentioned Bald Eagles disappearing
because of DDT in the 60's.  I know Peregrine Falcons were almost wiped out
by DDT.

Good birding,
Richard


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jessica Dooley" <dooley@iws.org>
To: <birdtalk@utahbirds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 2:41 PM
Subject: tagged bald eagle


> Hello,
>
> I work for the Institute for Wildlife Studies (IWS) on the Channel
> Islands off the coast of southern California.  Bald eagles were once
> found on all eight of the Channel Islands off the coast of southern
> California, but disappeared by the 1960s because DDT pollution caused
> them to lay thin-shelled eggs that broke in the nest.  In 2002, IWS
> began reintroducing young bald eagles to Santa Cruz Island to determine
> whether bald eagles could be successfully reestablished on the northern
> Channel Islands.
>
> The young bald eagles are being released on the island each summer and
> are being monitored to find out what they eat and where they go.  Each
> released bird has blue colored markers on its wings (about 3 x 3 inches)
> with a unique number printed in black on the marker.  Each released bird
> also carries a GPS transmitter.
>
> One of the young eagles (wing marker 07) we released in 2002 has flown
> as far away as southwestern Montana.  He spent the past two winters in
> central Utah.  He has spent the last few months along the Sevier River.
> I am not familiar with the area and am wondering if anyone can answer a
> few questions for me.  Is it good bald eagle habitat?  Are there other
> bald eagles using this area for over-wintering?  Has anyone seen or
> heard reports of a young bald eagle with blue wing markers in the area?
>
> For more information on the bald eagle project and to see a map of 07's
> movements please visit the Institute for Wildlife Studies website:
> www.iws.org.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jessica Dooley
> Institute for Wildlife Studies
> NCI Bald Eagle Restoration
> Ventura, CA
> dooley@iws.org
>
> 805-989-1544
>
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