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Bald Eagle #59 was a young bird banded in the nest on 10 July 2007 on Lake Métis, in the Lower St. Lawrence region. This male was 3.6 kg (7.9 lbs) and, at eight weeks old, the only survivor of a brood of three. The nest is located 25m above ground in a huge white pine that towers over the neighbouring forest. Bald eagles have been reported to use this nest site since 1986.


Bald Eagle #61 was captured on 21 July 2007 on lac au Saumon in the Matapedia Valley. She was a 2-year-old subadult female of 4.4 kg (9.7 lbs). During the summer this bird moved along the Matapédia and Restigouche Rivers, both important salmon rivers. Afterwards it moved towards the St. John River in New Brunswick.
Note: Last data from Bald Eagle #61 was received Nov. 1, 2007.

Bald Eagle #63 was captured on 30 May 2007 on Lake Métis, in the Lower St. Lawrence region. This adult male of 4.6 kg (10.1 lbs) is the father of bird #59. Its home range mainly encompasses lac Métis, a 35 km (22 miles) long lake.


Bald Eagle #64 was captured on 2 May 2007 on Lake Matapédia, in the Lower St. Lawrence region. It is an adult male. Various alternate nest sites were occupied on that lake since 1979 and the nest occupied in 2006 was blown down during the winter. Four days after the capture of this bird, it moved directly towards a point located 50 km (31 miles) east where a new nest was discovered in a white pine. This bald eagle made the trip back and forth almost daily between the nesting area and lac Matapédia up until nest abandonment around 9 July.


Bald Eagle #65 was captured relatively late in the season, on 1 August 2007, on lac au Saumon, in the Matapédia Valley. It was an adult male of 3.3 kg (7.3 lbs). We initially believed it was a member of the pair located regularly on this lake and which probably nested close by. But three adults were observed the day after and the movements made by this bird clearly indicate that it was a non-breeder. Among the birds captured in Québec, it is the first one to have initiated the southward migration. On 31 August 2007 it crossed through Pennsylvania into West Virginia.


Bald Eagle #66 was captured on 23 July 2007 near lac des Eaux Mortes, in the Lower St. Lawrence region. It was a female nestling of 5.0 kg (11.0 lbs). The nest in which this bird was accompanied by a sibling was blown down during a storm with high winds. Luckily, the young birds were old enough (7-8 weeks) to survive the fall. We discovered them on the ground in a small clearing where the adults continued to provide them food.


Bald Eagle #70 was captured on 17 May 2007 on lac aux Eaux Mortes, in the Lower St. Lawrence region. It was an adult male of 4.7 kg (10.4 lbs). It is the father of eagle #66. During the breeding season, this bird concentrated its activities on lac aux Eaux Mortes and on several small lakes and streams located south.