Atikonak

Bald and Golden Eagles of the Chesapeake Bay, USA

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click map for full-size version Atikonak (Bald Eagle) is 670 km from Caribou

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Species: Bald Eagle
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2008-02-02 00:00:00
Release Location: Harford County, Maryland USA
Last Location: 2013-05-18 09:40:09

Adoptive Parents:
Judy in Central Florida
Michael Schwery
Liberino
Christine Drennen
Aaron Kunzer
Demir Boldin
Mark Businski
Karen Kirian
Gavin Michael Lindsay
QuestSoft
Sam Giamalva
William H. O'Connell
Mark Ramsay
James Hersey
Robert A. Johnson
John Redmond
DME
Laura Ganser
Chuck Payne
Jacque Gregory
Jerry Kuper
Michael Parritt
Dr. Sam Idarraga

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Background

This bald eagle is a winter visitor to the Chesapeake Bay. In spring, this eagle flies home to Canada for the summer months, a distance of over 1000 miles. In November, this eagle will return to the Bay to hunt wintering waterfowl along the many tributaries of the Bay. We captured this eagle using a rocket net baited with a road killed deer. After fitting the eagle with a solar powered GPS transmitter, we released it on the shoreline of the Bay.