Do eagles migrate?
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MMDad
Lem Putt
Some do, some don't. It might be that you didn't notice them, or they could have come south.
http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/
http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/
bohman
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MMDad said:
Thanks, good link. What I saw today basically matches what I read on this page: http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/eagle/eagle10.html There were 6 adults, circling relatively high in one area. They could have been catching a thermal.
Or maybe not. I'm just having fun trying to figure out what they are doing. I work in a windowless office so there's probably plenty out there that I don't see on a daily basis.
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lugebob
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5 or 6 are circling over the Goose Bay marina area. Perhaps it is get down and get cozy mating season... 
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Inkpen
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Most of the coastal eagles stick around or if the winter gets really bad move south a bit to coastal VA.
Eagles from Canada migrate here and spend the winter.
A few golden eagles migrate here and can be seen at Blackwater Wildlife Refuge on the eastern shore.
Takes 5 years for eagles to get their white heads and tails.
Many times you do see an eagle, but dont know it by it coloration.
More info from DNR, MD: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/baldeagle.html
Winter counts: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/bewintersum.asp
Nesting locations: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/eagle_nest_locations.asp
Eagles from Canada migrate here and spend the winter.
A few golden eagles migrate here and can be seen at Blackwater Wildlife Refuge on the eastern shore.
Takes 5 years for eagles to get their white heads and tails.
Many times you do see an eagle, but dont know it by it coloration.
More info from DNR, MD: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/baldeagle.html
Winter counts: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/bewintersum.asp
Nesting locations: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/eagle_nest_locations.asp
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Inkpen
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Some eagle photos..
1. 2 yo juvenile female..all black/brown head, gray, black beak.
2. 3 yo juvenile male...first molt..hard is part white, beak changing.
3. Adult female, approx 12 years old, fully mature. Crasshed into dirt mound while going after groundhog. Groundhog made it to its den, eagle crashed and suffered fatal internal trauma. Died at Tri-State Bird Rescue, Deleware.
4. Adult male,age unkown, in rehab, had been shot and lost its left wing. Hangs out with female. To be relocated this fall to an eagle sanctuary.
Notice the coloration of the head and the beak. The 2 juveniles were both released back into the wild.
The first 3 eagles came from So. Maryland.. Two were from Clavert, the male was from St. Mary's.
1. 2 yo juvenile female..all black/brown head, gray, black beak.
2. 3 yo juvenile male...first molt..hard is part white, beak changing.
3. Adult female, approx 12 years old, fully mature. Crasshed into dirt mound while going after groundhog. Groundhog made it to its den, eagle crashed and suffered fatal internal trauma. Died at Tri-State Bird Rescue, Deleware.
4. Adult male,age unkown, in rehab, had been shot and lost its left wing. Hangs out with female. To be relocated this fall to an eagle sanctuary.
Notice the coloration of the head and the beak. The 2 juveniles were both released back into the wild.
The first 3 eagles came from So. Maryland.. Two were from Clavert, the male was from St. Mary's.
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Inkpen
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sanchezf said:
Yes.
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Inkpen
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sanchezf said:
No, not local. TriState is in Deleware. Wildlife Rescue is in Hamstead. Not really open to the public for tours, stresses the animals. Sorry.
for what you do for the animals