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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />II <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Gaa73; <br /> <br />""~\~",G,,ld,"Ea~I.C,,",t'~"IfI"'_I!fl'R~r>Qf'r <br /> <br />Cnrbun~l"urllaindid. SuchasilUlltioncuuldhcfmal iflhc llcdl.:lings....crclobc:comcgrounded <br />In an area wilh hC3\') ,qulpm.:nl und aCli\'(~ wnslruclion. The CUlhon ~1ounlain fledgling was <br />at-Ie 10 escape fn,m Ihe construction area heroIc an) scrioll-~ dunger from hCIWY machinery was <br />presented. Ultimately. ncilh~.,. (lfthe Y"Ullg !>irds urpcurt'd '" he ncgalivd)' affected by the ALP <br />C<1nstrun;on. and bolh continued 10 gww, develop and practice their night skills. Our <br />m,'niwnllg c:fTorU Were extended 10 indudc the: first six and four wC'Cks poslllc:dg;ng fur the <br />(l1.!c! and young..r llcdgling. rc:srcclivdy_ By' this lime. both l1.:dglings Were flying wilh the skill <br />of an adult. and we determined that con_'true!;"" u(,tivilics within Hi.lges RlIsin should nol he a <br />lhrcullOlhcirsur'\'ivaL <br /> <br />(n".Ll'S10~S <br /> <br />na~cd on "ur utl!>cT\'ation!>. It is c1("al" thai Cllll~truction IIsJ'oOCial<:d with ALP did nnt <br />ne~ath'd). affcellhe golden eagles on Carbon Mtlunlain during the 2()(l4 tlrcl-ding 5Ca'l<lI'l. l11e <br />pair cunlinut:d to'l<:CUP)' lhishisluriclcrriwr;' andsucccssfllll} reared and l1<:dgro two young <br />de~pilc the "n~"inll dl~lurhllllces ILswcialed with eon~tnlelion. Thi~ ,...,,, plITt of II breeding <br />Idltllmd b)' the regl\lnal gold('ll ca;:le I"'pulation frnm 1I1"w in 2003 (Appendill A), Ikhavim <br />('xhihiled b)' the aduhs and their )'oungduring thc breeding !>ea."un wascnnsiMc:nl ....ilh that <br />d,'curncntedin Ihclilcralurc.nndwcdidm1tol'o<;cn.can)'ncgUli\'ercaclionsorullu.sualtlcbavior <br />b>. the cagles in rcsl"'nsc In t;<mstruction adi...;tics. lnfonn;'li"n "" Jistllrl>ancc-rclatoo impiKts <br />lllll"ldcn cagle arC SCaHe (Watson 1997); therefore. continued monitnring of Carbon ~1o\lntain <br />eagles arc \alUlltllc indctcnnining Ihe eITct.:15 of construction al:tivilies 011 goldenellgles. <br /> <br />~,.f.""""~"".nl.,Js.-I"\'l<'U <br /> <br />/9 <br />