Nesting and productivity of bald eagles, Katmai, 1978
Troyer W. 1978. Nesting and productivity of bald eagles, Katmai, 1978. Natural Resources Survey and Inventory Report. AR 78/01. National Park Service, Alaska Region. Anchorage, AK
This report provides the results of an aerial bald eagle nesting survey conducted in the Katmai area in spring 1978 and of a productivity survey conducted in early August 1978. Twenty-three active nests were counted in the interior region. Nesting success averaged 1.2 eaglets per nest; of the 17 nests checked, 6 had no young, 5 had one young each, 3 had two young each, and 3 had three young each. Two osprey nests were sighted, one on the American River and one on the Savonoski River.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Troyer, Will
- Date of Issue
- 1978
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Alaska Region
- Units
- KATM
- Keywords
- Aerial Surveys, Bald Eagles, Birds, Distribution, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Inventory, Katmai National Park And Preserve, Maps, Nesting, Nests, Population, Productivity, Raptors