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<br />.....a....ninl1 !light lhal WIU exhibited b}' the f,'male's initial !li~hts. and just two days laler .....as
<br />pl:rfurming ~lrong, slcad~' wingbcals. As with the JUHnile femillo:. the young lIIale spe:Ol mOTe
<br />lime pcrthinl1 than nying until 5 Ju]y', when bOlh jll\'cnile~ were: o~r.cd !loanoF high ahove
<br />Carbon ~1\llml;lin. Perching sites for IKnh ju\'rniles illdudcd lho: G4 Tn",,! ledge (13
<br />"t><;er\,;llinns; Figure 1), lower cliff ('Ctchcs. (Q lObservations). northern cliff perches (11
<br />""Sl'f\'iltions. lOp of the clifft4 obscr....alions\and villinus Irces (4 ohsern lions).
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<br />Duringlhcl1cdl;\lingpc:riod,t..llha.Jl.Illcaglcsw<:rcohser\'cdhringmg food to one or both
<br />juveniles while they were perched outside of the nc:.1. IIllwC\,et. we (ml)' observed f"od
<br />deli,cries on four of:!2 {] K~.I mOf\lloring days. On 22 June. the adult female WilS SCI,."Il droppm~
<br />inlllthepii\on.juniperco\crcd foothills and IhcnrclUming with food tot hcfcma1cju\Cmlclhat
<br />wa.~ pcn:hed on the l"we! cliffs of Cartx'n Mountain. On 29 and 30 June. the adult mule wa.~
<br />ohscneddelivering food III each ofthc twojuvcniles whilc Ihe} were perched on 1cdgcsaway
<br />from thc nest OnS Jul),.t'neoflhcju\'enile,wlls obst'Tycd fccding on a ledge,l'ntl thefC wa.' nil
<br />\,hsc!V;ltinnofa foodcaf!)'.
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<br />E.c\lsphere bi"lo~ists ob~r'..ed Ibe following construction aclivities dunnlllhc nestling
<br />mnnitnnng period' constrw;tinn al..ng the h;lul road. c\lnstruction downslream fnlm the dam sile
<br />and truck and hell\')' Cljuipmenllraffic lllong Ihe h,HlI road. C,m'lruetioo along lhe haul road wa~
<br />infrequenl and nut ol1"'T'o"ed during each monitorin~ da)'. When construction occurrcd it usu.:III)'
<br />In\\'hcd nnl}' one O! IWO muchines (e.g, scrapcr,l1ackhoc, Inrgedumptruck), ;mdgcneraled a
<br />much I,.we! level of noisc than dam cnnslruelion nhscl"\-'ed in Ihe eounship lll1d incuhatiun
<br />monit"ring penods, Construction dO\\ll~lream from Ih", dam sile "rI'C"n,.-d 10 be wntinuous
<br />th!"ugrn,ullht: nestling phasc: although. we were only able to hear the nOI'i.C Ilenerated b)'
<br />c"mln><:t;OI1 hccalt'e the ",,,nstrueli0n ~ile~ and assnc:iatcd mac'hineT}' were not visible from Ihe
<br />eagle oh~e"'l1lon point. Neither Ihe adult~ nur lhe Ikdl!linll eagles exhibiled l\1I)' IK'IlDth'e
<br />rcsp"IL'<C~ WIlle lJt.1iSl: l:c'neraled by e(>n~tructi\ln during the fledgling phll.sc,
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<br />We m'1f\ituted lhe golden caJ:!lcs durin~ three surface hla.,ts dunng the lledghng pba.'le
<br />(Table 3). E;u;h "flhe hIJS1S occurred boclween 5:30 and 6:00 p.m. On<" young and m lea..t une
<br />..dull were \i.~i"le during c"ch ufthe Ihrc'C mUrlil"rcd bla.sts. The!e were no nei!atlve rt'Sponscs
<br />exhibited "y either the :ulults or jUl'enile~ during an)' ufthe~e hl....h.
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<br />The far\x'n ~lnuntain golden eagles exhil1ited lypical c\lun~hip and J'fC-ineuhalOry
<br />bocha\'inr bclwc<:n mid Dc=mbcr ~n03 and mid-Fchruuf)' 2004 The callies defended and
<br />tl1"inlail1<:d lhei! terrilo!). o:fur"ished an hi~luric nest Slle. ,md performed copulation and "Iher
<br />coun,hirb.:hllvinn;thmughnutlheduralionofthec,",rt,hipmnnih'ringpcriod.
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