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Caloosahatchee
Bald and Golden Eagles of the Chesapeake Bay, USA
A project of The Center for Conservation Biology.
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Species: Bald Eagle
Life Stage: Sub-adult
Gender: Male
Release Date: 2007-08-16 00:00:00
Release Location: Harford County, Maryland USA
Last Location: 2009-02-24 21:44:05
Background
This bald eagle is a summer visitor to the Chesapeake Bay. In fall, this eagle flies home to Florida for the winter months, a distance of 800 miles. In April, this eagle will return to the Bay to hunt spawning fish along the many tributaries of the Bay. We captured this eagle using a noosed floating fish which safely snares the eagle by the foot. After fitting the eagle with a solar powered GPS transmitter, we released it on the shoreline of the Bay.