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Golden Eagle #27 is the mate of Eagle #605. This eagle was trapped on 27 May 2009 at Mont Pico, Québec.


Golden Eagle #40 was trapped at 10:20 local time on 25 November 2006. He was a 3530 g (7 lb, 12.5 oz) male. This bird was younger than #39 and we are only sure that he is at least two years old. He was also released at the hawkwatch. This bird flew to a nearby tree and sat for a moment, watching us and getting his bearings, before heading north for a few minutes. Fifteen minutes later we watched him fly back by the hawkwatch, the telemetry unit on his back just as planned. He too moved south to WV but has also spent some time in Kentucky.
Note: The transmission signal from Eagle #40 was lost in late August 2008.


Golden Eagle #41 was released on the morning of 22 March 2007 near Scherr, West Virginia. Inadvertently caught almost three months earlier in a leg hold trap, he was rehabilitated at the National Aviary. Read his story in more detail. When he was released wearing his telemetry backpack, he flew to a nearby tree where he got his bearings for a few minutes before flying out of sight.


Golden eagle #60, a male weighing 3.9 kg (8.6 lbs), was captured on 3 October 2007, near Lac Matane, in the Matane Wildlife Reserve. Even though a pair of golden eagles has been nesting for many decades in the cliffs bordering this lake, the two known alternate nest sites were not used this year. But the pair was sighted several times since August in the company of a juvenile, indicating that another nest site was used in 2007.


Golden eagle #62 was captured on 7 August 2007 in the Gaspésie National Park. It was an adult male of 3.2 kg (7.1 lbs). He was captured on Mount Ernest-Laforce, at 792 m (2600 feet) of altitude, just over the cliff where the nest is located.


Golden eagle #67 is a young female captured in the nest on 11 July 2007, in the Matane Wildlife Reserve. The nest was located on a cliff at about 20 m (66 feet) high. The chick was the only survivor of a brood of two. For almost two months, the transmitter placed on the bird’s back was covered by feathers, preventing light from attaining the solar panel and recharging of the battery. Data transmission only started in early September, after the bird was old enough to fly regularly and expose the transmitter.


Golden eagle #68 was captured on 2 October 2007 in the Matane Wildlife Reserve, at about 2 km from the nest where juvenile #67 was captured. There is a high probability that this adult, weighing 4.0 kg (8.8 lbs), is the father of the eaglet. The relatively long rearing period of eagles enabled us to capture this adult so late in the season.
Note: Last data from Golden Eagle #68 was received Nov. 29, 2007.

Golden eagle #69 was an eaglet marked in the nest on 22 July 2007 in the Gaspésie National Park. It was then seven weeks old and weighed 3.05 kg (6,8 lbs). It is the son of eagle #62. The nest was located in a cliff at about 750 m (2460 feet) high. As with all juvenile birds tracked up until now, the first movements made by this bird were limited within a 1.5 km radius of the nest.


Golden Eagle #603 was trapped on 17 June 2008 at Rivière Cascapédia Ouest, Québec.


Golden Eagle #605 is the mate of Eagle #27. This eagle was trapped on 27 June 2008 at Mont Pico, Québec.