Nesting and productivity of bald eagles, Katmai, 1976
Troyer W. 1976. Nesting and productivity of bald eagles, Katmai, 1976. Natural Resources Survey and Inventory Report. AR 76/03. US National Park Service. Anchorage, AK
This report provides the results of an aerial bald eagle nesting survey conducted in the Katmai area in May 1976 and of a productivity survey conducted in late June and early August 1976. A total of 55 active nests were tabulated, and 44 of these were within the Monument. During the survey, 39 adult eagles and 7 juveniles were sighted in the interior region, with 18 of the adults incubating. Eagles were not tabulated along the coast. Productivity of interior nests averaged 1.8 eaglets per nest. An osprey nest was found on the American River and a goshawk nest on the Savonoski River.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Troyer, Will
- Date of Issue
- 1976
- Publisher
- US National Park Service
- Units
- KATM
- Keywords
- Aerial Surveys, Bald Eagles, Birds, Distribution, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Inventory, Katmai National Park And Preserve, Maps, Nesting, Nests, Population, Productivity, Raptors