Eagle Update 2007

Eagle Update 2007

There had been numerous reports of eagles nesting at the lake this spring. The nest which had partially collapsed last year was somewhat rebuilt away from the direction of the damaged support limb, and the eagles were on the nest through May and one was there into early June. Since that time there has been little activity in the vacinity of the nest and it appears the nest was unproductive this year. However, adult eagles are still seen regularly around the lake.

Annual Bald Eagle Nesting Census of Keweenaw Peninsula Nests
Year	Productive Nests	Eaglets Born
2006	16	26
2005	20	29
2004	12	16
2003	14	21
2002	10	19

2004 Gratiot Eaglets

A good eagle info site is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 Endangered Species Website http://midwest.fws.gov/Endangered/

Click Here to see a slideshow of the banding of the 2003 eaglet.

Click here to see a short excerpt from this year's eagle banding video. (1 MB QuickTime)

Click here to view the archived info from the 2002 eagle banding.

Click here to view the archived info from the 2001 eagle banding.

Additional Eagle Links

http://www.nwf.org/baldeagle/

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i3520id.html (USGS Eagle website)

http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3686_3728-32394--,00.html
(MDEQ website with data on contaminant loads in Michigan eagles

GRATIOT LAKE CONSERVANCY
http://www.mlswa.org/Gratiot-Lake-1508/

Contact GLC Program Director: belh@verizon.net
(Please put "Gratiot Lake" in subject line.)