Progress Report: Bald Eagle Management in the Vicinity of Acadia National Park, Maine

Owen RB, Todd CS, Schell C. 1986. Progress Report: Bald Eagle Management in the Vicinity of Acadia National Park, Maine. National Park Service. Boston, MA

FIELD WORK: April 1986. BIRDS: Notes that there are 15 traditional Bald Eagle nesting areas in the Acadia National Park - greater Frenchman Bay area. Seven of these were occupied by nesting eagles in 1986, with 1.3 eaglets/nest fledged. Rates of production from 1984-86 equal those of the state-wide population. Gives number of breeding areas monitored, number of nests occupied, number of eaglets fledged, per cent nesting success, brood size, and productivity for the Acadia National Park - Frenchman Bay area for 1962-1986.. Winter feeding of eagles in Lamoine is also described /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/ISLANDS/Frenchman Bay

Type
Unpublished Report
Authors
Owen, Ray; Todd, Charles; Schell, Carroll
Date of Issue
1986-04-16
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
ACAD
Keywords
Breeding, Distribution, Frenchman Bay, Islands, Mount Desert Island, Natural Resource Management, Nests & Nesting, Population Density, Productivity, Rare Species, Threatened & Endangered Species

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