Ospreys Use Bald Eagle Nests in Chesapeake Bay Area

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dc.contributorVirginia Tech. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciencesen
dc.contributor.authorTherres, Glenn D.en
dc.contributor.authorChandler, Sheri K.en
dc.contributor.departmentFish and Wildlife Conservationen
dc.date.accessed2016-02-25en
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-28T22:29:48Zen
dc.date.available2016-02-28T22:29:48Zen
dc.date.issued1993en
dc.description.abstractOspreys (Pandion haliaetus) and Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) share similar breeding habitat in the Chesapeake Bay area and elsewhere. The nests of these species are similar in size and appearance. Ospreys typically build large stick nests in dead trees or on man-made structures (C.J. Henny et al. 1974, Chesapeake Sci. 15:125-133; A.F. Poole 1989, Ospreys: a natural and unnatural history, Cambridge Univ. Press, NY), while Bald Eagles usually build larger nests in live trees (P.B. Wood et al. 1989, J. Wildl. Manage. 53:441-449; Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources, unpubl. data). Osprey nests are usually placed in the open at the top of dead trees or structures, while Bald Eagle nests are usually beneath the tree canopy obscured from view. Both select nest sites close to large bodies of water or wetlands (J.M. Andrew and J.A. Mosher 1982, J. Wildl. Manage. 46:383-390; Poole 1989). Eagles nest earlier than Osprey; in the Chesapeake Bay area eagles are on eggs when Ospreys return in March.en
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dc.identifier.citationTherres, G. D., & Chandler, S. K. (1993). Ospreys Use Bald Eagle Nests In Chesapeake Bay Area. Journal of Raptor Research, 27(4), 217-218. Retrieved from https://sora.unm.edu/node/53382en
dc.identifier.issn0892-1016en
dc.identifier.issue4en
dc.identifier.otherp00217_p00218.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/64873en
dc.identifier.urlhttps://sora.unm.edu/node/53382en
dc.identifier.volume27en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherRaptor Research Foundationen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderRaptor Research Foundationen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectChesapeake Bayen
dc.subjectNestingen
dc.subjectBald eaglesen
dc.subjectOspreysen
dc.titleOspreys Use Bald Eagle Nests in Chesapeake Bay Areaen
dc.title.serialJournal of Raptor Researchen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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