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<br />\Ve ub...:rvcd si~ cul'ulalion allcml'ls. on foul differcn! days. by the Carbon Mounlmn
<br />~oldcn cagks priuf \0 the inilillli,m l,r c~~..lllying and incuNllion. Four of l~ cppulalion "H'nls
<br />"ccurred ncxllnncsIC(f[-l "nlhe grid). wbilc:lhclllhcrlwowpulalion cvcnlsoccurn:d on 101'
<br />l'ftbe cliffs al l~ (Figure 21_ The Iirst "hscrvllliun of <:"PU1111ioo b)- the eagles tICcurred nextl"
<br />ncSICon 28Jllnuary. TllC~.llndandthirdc('pulalional1cmplsbolhocculTcdonqFcbrull1)'.
<br />within \wo bnur!\ ufe,jch otht'f. The first orlhes" occurred on HIp "fthe cliffs at IS. The st'<:tJnd
<br />of lhl'~ mtcml'ls llccurrcd IlCx110 nest C. but may nol IIn"" been successful. as the m~dc hopped
<br />onlO the female's !lad, from the front. clumsily' turned mllund while un lIer Nidi.. and copulated
<br />for 0 ~hortel tllan normal duraHon. Th" fourth copulation allempl occum:d on 16 Fcl>tuIlr)',
<br />aguin at the lop "fllle cliffs aIlS, Thi~ ullempt al~, mllY nut have bc<:n ~llCecs,~ful. as the hirds
<br />,lid not lIppeat 10 male l:11'lICIII Wnlill:l. Finally. the IHlh;md si~thcopulllti(lnohscrvati(ln..hotll
<br />"ccurred"n~OFchruary.withinuno:hourofea<:h"thcr, Hu!hcopullltiuncvcntsoceUl'Tednexttn
<br />ne~l Co EXlral'"lalion ~ul:t~csls that the Caroon Mnuntain eagles copulated approximately 50
<br />timesdunnJ;lhel;()un~hipperiodof2003.04.
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<br />Ounnil clllm~hip m(lnit"rin~. Fcospherc obsen'cd the folluwing eunstruction activities
<br />frum the I,hsen'ahon puinl' ex<.:anui"n and <.:un,truction at the cofferd am....il"xCllvl\tionat IlIe
<br />rclcnti"npund. trlKlsdeJ'ositinl:t "a~lcmaterial alonJ; the haul road. truchdeJ'ositing gravel in
<br />th" lut adjll"m 10 the J'iJ'<')ard. truck and hea~')' equipmenttratlie along Ihe haul mad, and
<br />surface hla.,tinfi OIl and duwnmeam from the dam site. The cotlcr dam is located dirt'ctly south
<br />Ilf Carl>"n .\Iuuntain, and i~ nOI in view from the cliffs on "'e. tern fllee of the mounlain (Figure::
<br />I). lbc relentinn pond. haul Illlld, wa~te ~ites, and pipe)'ard. ho"cver. are adjacent 10 Carho.m
<br />\Iounlaltl tu Ihe weSl, alld all are vi,ible frum th~ c1itl.~. ('on~trueli"n ,,~Ii\;lie-li invoh'ed the ll.'C
<br />('fheav~ e"luipment that in.;rea.'cd nni!lC level (e,g nmning engines. ht.'Cping 50UndS) in Ridp.es
<br />Basin. lrueb and hCM'} equipment travclin~ ahlfl~ lhe hllul r(,ad al~l eonlrihuloo 10 tempo.lIar)'
<br />1I\,rcaws in noise, Dunng counship period m(lnltorin~, lhe Carh<.ltl ~lountain ~ulden eagles did
<br />nut respolld llegath'c1~' 10 the nni..: erealed b)' eotlcr dam ur n''',oti"n pond eonSlt'U<;tion.
<br />w"stclgra\el hauhllganddcpo,ihng.ulhcavycquipmt'nt and truck traflic a lonfi the haul road,
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<br />We mOllllClred the eagles during four su"aee I>la.ts during the !':uunship pcriod (Tuhlc 3).
<br />All hlasts occurred hctwecn 3;30 and 4:00 p.m. Three uf the blasls o,curred when atlcast one
<br />eagle "a,p".~I1t;and orleofthe hla<ts took J'llIee I'hilcnl'ithcrcagle"aspre.ent t\ negah\'c
<br />~'isil,1c respu".e h)' a golden ea~le wa.s rc>:wdcd ool} \'n<:c (Tuhle 3). This respunse wa~
<br />rrl'C"ded b)' a negati\'e respl'nsc tua helienJ'terappfll~imatel} one mioutel'riurtuthe hlas\. The
<br />heliCllrtcr ncw inlo Ridge'll Ila~in. skimming the lup of ('arbo.ln Mountain, eau.sing the callie 10
<br />nILsh from il~ po.:!l:h at the \'cr}' top uf the clifT. 'The ea~le tlcw tll the n"nh and h.:gan t" de!ICend
<br />l<lwards llle lrCC'liun lopuflhemnuntll1n. Ju.sll" tile cagle '"uched d"wnolllljuniper lree t"
<br />p"rch. lhe hla.t Ill;~urred and the e:l~le a~ain tJushcd flllm its perch and new behind earN,"
<br />Muunlain. !luth golden cagles wele olosen'ed in Ridgc~ Ih.,in ;lpproximatdy 13 minules after
<br />thehlas\.
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