[TN-Bird] Re: Golden Eagle
- From: knoxmartin2@xxxxxxx
- To: npmcwhirter@xxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 16:43:32 -0500 (EST)
When I started rehabbing raptors in 1986 we would go several years and never
see an eagle. We might have one in a year then it would be several years before
we saw another. The numbers began to rise in the mid to late 1990's when we
might see one or two eagles each year. During that time we saw two Golden
Eagles as well. In the last several years the numbers have really grown. In
2011 we saw our first baby eagle. It had been found after the nest tree was
blown down in a tornado. In 2012 between the Memphis Zoo and the Mid-South
Raptor Center, a total of 10 Bald Eagles were seen. Unfortunately four had been
shot. The others had various collision injuries. Hopefully the number of
resident eagles will continue to grow in the state while the number of injured
and shot birds will not.
Knox Martin
Mid-South Raptor Center, Memphis
Shelby County
-----Original Message-----
From: Mac McWhirter <npmcwhirter@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tnbirds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, Feb 5, 2013 3:27 pm
Subject: [TN-Bird] Golden Eagle
> At 9:05 this morning at Hatchie NWR (mile 52 on I-40), spotted an adult
> Golden
Eagle flying low and turning over the treelines adjacent to O'Neal Lake. Later
an immature Bald Eagle perched on one of the trees near the center of the lake.
>
> Talked to a refuge employee afterward and he said they had done a flyover
> duck
count last week and thought they had 2 Goldens and 4 Balds.
>
> Seems like just yesterday that practically the only way to see a Bald Eagle
> in
Tennessee was near a hacking site. We've seen 5 separate individual Balds in
Shelby County just in January. What a success story the eagle hacking project
was!
>
> Mac McWhirter
> Memphis,TN
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