Food Habits Of Bald Eagles In North-Central Minnesota

Dunstan TC and Harper JF. 1975. Food Habits Of Bald Eagles In North-Central Minnesota. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 39(1):140-143

"From 1967 through 1972 prey remains were collected from six bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus ) nests in north-central Minnesota. Fish, primarily bullheads ( Ictalurus spp.) suckers ( Catostomus sp., Moxostoma sp.) and northern pike (Esox lucius ), composed 90.1 percent, birds, 7.9 percent, and mammals 1.3 percent of all prey." (Abstract by author)

Type
Journal Article
Authors
Dunstan, Thomas; Harper, James
Units
VOYA
Keywords
Animal Studies, Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Chippewa National Forest, Diet, Food Preferences

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