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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />DOOi3> <br /> <br />C",b.mM<lu'll~",Gold",E.~~!II!Jm1illl'll!lIl.ri..BJl>orl <br /> <br />(I'1H7). and we as~umcd IIIal nestling golden caples greater tllan 51 days (lld.I\O"lOof~'ounl?csl <br />nalllrJI fledging age (-<>:! days) as recommended t>y' Sl~nhof{]QH7). would ultim:llcl)' no:dilC. <br /> <br />lu:sn.TS <br /> <br />Three active golden cagle oem were found during the '....0 March nitllllS. Since the p;iir <br />111 earnon ~{"unlain 1I1~, nested. there were II Mal of four active nests in the Sllld}' area ;n :!fK14 <br />(Suh-Appl"ndill A). Two additional aCli,'c tcrnlor;Cl'i were documented !>a_cd n" the presence IIr <br />greener}' nnd/or adult caglo:s. An aduh sightcd al Bamruufpoint in Fcbruar}" also sug!!""!S <br />n<<lIpancyoflhullcrrillll)' ifiICant.epw\cdlol>c:lISCparlllclcrrilnry from V.'itdCDI Can)'o". <br />Thus tllere were 6-.7 occupied golden cagle territories in the 5ludy' area in 20114. A hricf <br />d=ripliol1ofcachhrecdingareafollows, <br /> <br />C"rhon /d",mldin - Occupied b~' an adult pair that N;gnn incunation on 22 I'ehroar)" and <br />l1edged two young by lute June (sec malll repo;ln). <br /> <br />Wifdml C<1IlY<1Il - (ilc.:n~1')' on the neSI on I R Man:h conlinn<:d ,l(cupanC)' of lhis nest. <br />firsldiSt:o\'credin2003.Su~OCTllsightin8sinMayandJuncofasinl!kadull.and once hoth <br />adults. pll1\"idcd furlher proof of .:onlinucd uccupancy or this silc b~' territorial goldcn eagles. <br /> <br />Barnr",!! I',,;nl - An adult S4'Cn soanng over Hamn>of I'l>im on 9 fehru;IQ' wa~ the onl>' <br />obsen-utionl>fnceupall'Cyofthissile No lresh gleen branches w'ere added to thcncst in 2004. <br />Though likely a SCp;llate temt,,!), from WildclII Canyon ba.<cd on distlll1ce (4 miles klwccn neSI <br />sitcsl. simullancl1us sightings of 3..\ adults has nut been documenled Ahemate nests in the samc <br />Territor)" can he > 5 km (3 miles) apart (Me(iahan 1%81 and acti\'e nest.s ha~e been ob:lcrvcd in <br />New Mexico in dilTcn:nT ye.al"!l in the sam.: (probahle) hr<<:ding area up to 4.5 miles apart <br />(Slllhlccko:r, unpub!. dat.al. Therefore it cannot completely be ruled out thaI the same plllr nf <br />eagles u.'I<:S l>oth Wihkat Can)'on and BamfO"f I'olllt ""st.s as alTernates. <br /> <br />....urlh BrlJ~c Tlmher - An ineuhllting adult ww; on 1m: nonhem-most nest on 19 Man;h. <br />Tbt: female was assumed to be hrooding small ~'uung on 4 ~III>. which wa.s cllnfinncd wilh a <br />sighllngtJfthe nestling un 5 May. It \\'a.~slil1 < ~Od<lY$nld onthc 4 Junc f1iglll. l>ullllllf\l-t.sotJf1 <br />1<> fled!!,' ca!!lcl wM wnlinncd from Ihe gwund on 23 June. <br /> <br />ll"C/j".l.<kinetreel-EtlilnsIOlncllICanewncsl ina P"ndcroSll Pine in Ihi5 lerrilory were <br />un..ucce'\sfulon 19M;uch. Illlwe\'Cl',anadultgoldeneagkwll-,sceninflightwithin2milcsuf <br />the hislUric 5i1C. which was in a live J'l'ndcrUSll pint (/'Iml.. fI'",d..,m<l) that fell St'melime <br />l>ctwc,'n 1'1'17 and 2003. Thu.s1Jlishrc~'tlingareais likely sli1l occupied hymleastonc adult. <br /> <br />Flo~id" R"",~ - An incuhaung adult W'a.~ S4'Cn in a smallish pOlhcole on the 19 ~arch <br />hchcopter !light Th.: n<:s\ pllWo:d difficult to ohserve !rom the filled wing ilircraft. hUI conlinued <br />im:urotl<>n Wil5 ;:-onlinned on ~ May, No young were ever s<:<:n. and ne51 failure .....as confinncd <br />h~h'-'th fi~ed wingund gr,-,und sUl".'eyson 4 June. <br /> <br />ECMflli<n EmI''''~'''t~I,,1 Sf""Vicu <br /> <br />21 <br />