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• I ~\v pairs oC eagles were activelq nesting in Cv1ay _'001. The Section ?pair .vas sitting <br />I _•hI ~ ~il .1 nest on ~l and 6 \I:q', but no young were visibly On 4 \9ay, the Section 13 pair was <br />,J~,~ncJ brooding one small chick. no eagles were seen in the vicinity oCthc Section 7 nest. <br />I he Section 27 pair did not appear to nr.~st in 2001. but were obsened flying in the area. <br />Although the three kno\vn nesting territories 1Scctions 27. 3, and I ~) arc relatively close <br />together, they were all occupied every year since 1996. l brat year. Ix~th the Section 3 and I <br />pairs Iledged one chick each. :\II three pairs were obsen•ed incubating in :\pril 1991. One pair <br />had young and a sceond pair was still incubating when the} were checked itt :\pril 1998. The <br />Section 27 pair was brooding one young in :\pril 1999. In 2000. all pairs were obsen•cd nesting <br />Although Iledging success was not dctemtincd in most years 11997-2001). the continued <br />occupation ot'the territories indicates that eagles have not tx~en affected by activities at the <br />Seneca II Mine. <br />~~~ ~.:Ihl~l i~l il'.I!:,~ \1i?~ ~i :'1 ~~" ~•.IaI~I ~~Il i':' IlC.t?- Ili ~l'lliia ~~ jai rl ll l' lr~;l I", ~~;:\ ?i llr~ <br />• <br />Cannon. K. \\ . and I .I hnopl: 1981. Lck number as a trend index to prairie gmusc <br />populations. I,~urnall of 11'ilJlitc \lanaecmcnt 4:776-778. <br />• <br />all tirnaa II \linr \I~ilJhir ~1umnxing P;ILC9 <br />