California bald eagles found for first time in 50 years

[spaminator]

California bald eagles found for first time in 50 years
REUTERS
First posted: Thursday, July 17, 2014 06:54 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, July 17, 2014 07:06 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES, July 17 (Reuters) - A pair of nesting bald eagles have been found on San Clemente Island off the Southern California coast for the first the in more than 50 years, the National Park Service said on Thursday, marking the latest step in their comeback from near extinction.
The discovery means that bald eagles, which vanished from the Channel Islands in the early 1960s due to DDT poisoning and once were listed as an endangered species, have now returned to five of the eight islands in the chain.
"This news is very gratifying," Peter Sharpe of the nonprofit Institute for Wildlife Studies said in a statement released by the park service. "I expect to see bald eagles return to all eight of the Channel Islands within a few years, which will mark yet another milestone in their successful recovery."
No chicks have yet been seen in the San Clemente Island nest, which was established by two birds that came from two other islands in the chain, the park service said.
The female eagle, known to scientists as A-32, was hatched in a nest near Juneau, Alaska, in 2014 and released to Santa Cruz Island later that year. The male was hatched on Santa Cruz Island in 2004.
According to the park service there are 60 resident bald eagles in the Channel Islands National Park, with 16 breeding pairs.
A pair of nesting bald eagles have been found on San Clemente Island off the Southern California coast for the first the in more than 50 years. Fotolia.com (Bald Eagle Image)

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[Walter]

Where were they while they were gone?

 

[gopher]

I had not been aware of a "California bald eagle" before and believe the headline is misleading. Eagles are quite abundant throughout the USA thanks to changes in environmental laws and they are thriving here in Gopherland. They have expanded their range and this article's news only shows that they have returned to an area they abandoned years before. But there is no such thing as a breed of eagle known as "California eagle" so far as I know.

As a former member of Bird Watchers of America, I am more concerned with the fate of California condors. Thankfully, the program designed to protect them succeeded in capturing, domesticating, and re-introducing them to the wild. For this we can all be thankful.

 

[pgs]

Where were they while they were gone?

Feasting on spring salmon left on the banks of the Squamish River by enviromaniacs.

 

[Twila]

Feasting on spring salmon left on the banks of the Squamish River by enviromaniacs.

or in Goldstream park(on Vancouver island) or Chehalis flats (mainland) after the salmon run