Bald Eagle KE's Transmitter No Longer Sending Position, Speculation About The Roles of Male and Female Bald Eagles Coming Into Maturity, Bald Eagle NX's Location, Berry College Daily Screen Capture

Bald Eagle KE made a New Year's resolution -- to stop transmitting her location. Her last transmission was on 12/31 after 566 days of reporting her position. Read Reese's blog post here. You will also find a map of all of her travels and the pictures that Reese took of her on the day her transmitter was fitted. I find it interesting that during all the time that her position was being reported, she never returned to her natal area (Saw Pen Point). It is long held that Bald Eagles upon maturity will return to their natal area to nest and raise their young. I've noticed that males are more likely to find (claim?) a territory based upon observations of Bald Eagle HK at Honey Bee and transmitter reports of Bald Eagle Camellia at Brown Cove. We know that HK began building a nest long before maturity. We don't know if Camellia has started to build a nest, but he does spend a lot of time at Brown Cove, so I suspect that he will settle down in that area. The female fledglings that we have followed for years (Azalea and NX) have shown no inclination to spend a lot of time in one area during their juvenile and sub-adult years. They just wander from place to place. I speculate that it might be the male's job to claim a territory and build a nest and then attract a female. That's just my speculation based upon a small sampling... And I believe KE's travels reinforce this belief. Safe travels, KE!

Speaking of Bald Eagle NX, she has finally checked in. She is still just wandering around, in an aimless sort of way.

A quick look at Berry College Eagle Cam shows Mom with her head tucked in, catching some Z's, incubating her egg. Since I really like this nest, I'm going to try to post a screen capture (s'cap) every day...