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Article: Distribution and population status of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in interior Alaska.
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- Arctic
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- June 1, 1996
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(Received 26 January 1995; accepted in revised form 27 November 1995)ABSTRACT. We summarize information available on natural history, numbers, distribution, and status of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in six regions of interior Alaska: Upper Yukon, Lower Yukon, Tanana, Kuskokwim, Susitna, and Upper Copper. We identified 347 nesting territories using information from local researchers, a raptor nest atlas, unpublished raptor survey reports, and our own surveys. Nearly 85% of these territories were from the Copper, Susitna, and Tanana drainages. Extrapolating from the number of known nests and approximate survey coverage per drainage, we estimate that 525 to 725 ...