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<br />Sile:. E;l~h of these activitit:J; g~neratcd increased noiS( level in Ridt!c~ IJa.~in, ~imilar to thai
<br />durinlllhc ,,,unship and ncst t>uiJding rhasc. The ~oldcn cagles did 1101 exhibit an)' ncguth-c
<br />responses 10 lhe nnise created h)'construction. waste/Fravel hauling and depositing, or hcnv)'
<br />equipment ami Hlw:k lranic along the haul road. Un one occasion. however, the incuhil.ling
<br />fcmalclcspondcdtutrn:soundllfaconstnlClinncmployccspcakingthrough a mCl:!aphonc b)
<br />turning her helld in the direction of the amplified voice. No other resJX'o.'ll:s were noted.
<br />Cnnslru.linn activities in Ridges R35in reduced "oliceahly from mid-March through the end of
<br />the j!l(uhution phase. At this time, comnrul1in" wa.~ no ]onl.ll'f lalin~ place at the dam and
<br />n:tcnlio" rond silc. thcrcb)' reducing noise le,'ds in 1he vicinily of Cmixm Mounlain and the
<br />cllllle neSI, ~'hile imenninentlrud lInd hc;lVY e4uipment tr~ffic was still occurrinl,\ along lhe
<br />haulw"d,mosl oflheeonslruclionaelivitiesshillcdl<lll!"ea,dov.llstrellm(tothesouIheil.sl)of
<br />('W"bon~'ounlain.anaoul"fvie"'oflhe~,".
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<br />Se"ensllrfllcehla.~tswcresehC'dul...Jduringthemcuhalionreriod(lahIe3). Thrceoflhe
<br />bla.~ls .....curred bd"een 5:00 and 6:00 p.m_ and the olher four Ol.'curred helv.cen 12:00 and 12:15
<br />p.m, [cusphercmoniloredlhego1deneaglesduring,illoflhehla5tevenIS:howC\'er,wewc:re
<br />unllhle w monilor o~ (If lhe blasts, ....hich oceurrC'd on 29 March, The femalc WIlS Obsl'T\'ed
<br />i1Kuhatingdunng li,e\,fthe six hlaslS lhat were monilUred, We did nOl ohscrveany reactions
<br />hy the female 1I'lhe hlllSI on any o"usion (Tahle 3J. [lolh lhe male una female were ohservC'd in
<br />flighl ;,t lilt: lime nf the sixlh monilored hlasl Neither exhihiled an)' rwgativl: respon\.Cs 10 Ihe
<br />nOiSCaS."1C11l!edwilhlheblaSI\Tahle3).
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<br />flllscd..n \lllf ul>scrnlions, we have estimlllcd the hatch date IhTlhe lir 51 egg as I April.
<br />On this day. we oN;crved mcreased aelh-it) hy Ihe female, including rerehing un lhe side of lhe
<br />nest ror eXM\,lcd periuds and making multiple triJ!!' away Irom Ihe nest In addiuon. 1M male
<br />m"de multiple visilS 10 tM n~s!. somelimes dclhering food. Fllr this rep"rl, we cnnsidcr I Arril
<br />lh~ b..-l,'inmn!l ..rlhc neslling phIL'e, b('I;au~e al Ihat lIme we did not know if there was more than
<br />one cgF- in the nesl ,\!though....e would laler di!CI:o\er there "'ere two ne~ling>o leagleL~l. we
<br />continued to use lhe S\;I!U' (lflhe older eaglCllo detine Ihe TIC!<!IHlg llnd fledgling phases_ Th~
<br />estimated fledgc dale fnr the older e;lglel was) June \refer 10 Fledgling section}; therefore, we
<br />e"nsider 2 Junc as the end of Ihe nes!ling pha'e even thl'ugh the ~'ounger ellglel had nOl yet
<br />fledged Wcnhscr\-ed 0 wlal of6Q_25 huurson 23 dilTerent monitoring dl'>'S duri nglhencslhng
<br />pha-<;c (1 Apr.-2 Jun 1. Thcre "Ctc approxim"lc1>' 8~O hours of dll>'light dunng Ihe 63 d"ys of the
<br />ncsthug phase, Thus we ubscrved the eagles approximmcl)' 8'!-...f Ihl' a"aililh1c hOllrs and 37%
<br />ofthc i1vililahle days.
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<br />The older eaglet was firsl "hserved in the nesl un ~ "pril. "llhis lime, we could only sa
<br />lh,' I"p "f lIs head, c',,"ered Wilh while dO\\TI. ....hich m,wed in and OUl of view ahlwe Ihe nest
<br />nm Ohscr\-ersdidOt,t salhceagletduringlhencxlse\'eraluhscr\-'aliondaY5(8.C)and 12
<br />April}. m pari. bccaus.c nfrunt vlsillilil>- due II' "elllher e"ndilions. II is a\:lu likely lhalthe
<br />e"l,'lct e"uld not he secn hec;,usc of ils small size Imd limited mohi1ily. The e-a!llel was nllscn'ed
<br />ror lhe ",cund lime un 14 Apnt and un 15 April ....e SIIW t\\O caglels m the nest I'rior to the
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