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ARIZONA BALD EAGLE NEST SITES (FINAL COUNT) 2003


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Table 1.
Arizona bald eagle breeding area productivity summary, 2003.


Breeding area status codes (Postupalsky 1974): U=unoccupied,
O=occupied, S=successful, F=failed.

Table 1. Arizona bald eagle breeding area productivity summary, 2003.

Breeding Area

Status1

Nest2

Incubation Date

Eggs

Hatch Date

Young

Fledged

Fledge Date

Alamo

O

 

Bartlett*

S

1

2/3-5

1+

3/13

1

1

5/26-30

Becker

U

 

Blue Point

F

10

<1/13

1

Failed 3/14- 21

Box Bar*

S

3

1/6-2/3

1+

2/14

1

1

5/6

Bulldog*

S

1

1/13-2/4

2+

2/18-3/10

2

2

5/20, 5/23

Camp Verde

U

 

Canyon

O

 

Cedar Basin

U

 

Cibecue

F

2

2/4-3/14

1+

Failed 3/14-4/10

Cliff

O

 

Coldwater

S

3

2/3-3/13

2+

3/13-4/17

2

1

5/16-6/13

One young died between 4/25-5/16 at 4-7 weeks of age.

Coolidge

S

4

3/13-6/10

2+

3/13-6/10

2

1

6/25

One young died in nest on 6/20 at 8 weeks of age from dehydration.

Crescent

F

1

<4/30

1+

Failed 5/20-6/6.

Doka*

S

2

12/20-1/6

1+

1/6-2/3

1

1

3/13-4/17

Dupont

F

2

1/13-2/4

1+

Failed 3/14

East Verde

O

 

Fort McDowell*

F

16

1/6-2/3

1+

Failed 3/7

Granite Basin

O

 

Granite Reef*

F

3

2/4-2/7

2+

3/18-3/21

2

Failed 3/31-4/4

Two nestlings died at 2 weeks of age.

Horse Mesa

S

4

1/14-2/4

2+

2/4-3/14

2

2

5/16-6/13

Horseshoe

S

11

1/6-2/3

1+

3/13-4/2

1

1

5/22-6/13

Ive’s Wash

O

 

Ladders*

S

4

2/3-21

2+

3/26

2

2

6/16, 6/20

Lone Pine

O

 

Luna*

S

1

<2/8

1+

3/4-6

1

1

5/30

Lynx*

F

1

12/9-1/6

1+

Failed 2/3-7

Needle Rock*

S

2

<1/16

1+

2/16

1

1

5/4

Oak Creek

S

3

2/3-3/5

1+

3/13-25

1

1

5/16-6/13

Orme*

S

6

1/13-2/3

1+

3/4-9

1

1

5/24

Perkinsville

S

4

1/6-2/3

2+

3/13-25

2

2

4/25-6/13

Pinal

F

7

2/4-3/14

1+

Failed 3/14-25

Pinto

O

 

1 Breeding area status codes (Postupalsky 1974): U=unoccupied, O=occupied, S=successful, F=failed.

2 Nest numbers are from Hunt et al. 1992; Driscoll et al. 1992; Driscoll and Beatty 1994; Driscoll et al. 1995a, 1995b, 1997, 1998, 1999; Koloszar and Driscoll 2001a, 2001b.

* Nests monitored by the Arizona Bald Eagle Nestwatch Program.

Table 1 (continued).

Breeding Area

Status1

Nest2

Incubation Date

Eggs

Hatch Date

Young

Fledged

Fledge Date

Pleasant*

S

2

1/6-29

1

3/2

1

1

5/20

Redmond

O

 

Rock Creek

F

2

2/4-3/14

1+

3/14-4/10

1

Failed 5/16-6/13

Nestling last observed at 6 weeks old.