Editorial Type:
Article Category: Letter
| Online Publication Date: 01 Mar 2015
What Came First, the Nest or the Egg? An Unusual Golden Eagle Nest Observed in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
What Came First, the Nest or the Egg? An Unusual Golden Eagle Nest Observed in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
and
Page Range: 98 – 101
Keywords:
Golden Eagle
; Aquila chrysaetos;
Alaska
;
breeding
;
egg
;
nest
;
reproduction
Copyright: © 2015 The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc. 2014
Figure 1.
The cliff complex along upper Riley Creek, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, on 25 April 2011. The black arrow indicates the ledge and egg location. The nest cliff complex is approximately 60 m high and 110 m long.
Figure 2.
(a) A lone Golden Eagle egg on a ledge surrounded by scant nesting materials on 25 April 2011, Riley Creek–Fang Mountain nesting territory, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. The splash of fresh whitewash that led to the discovery of the nest is clearly visible in the bottom of the photograph. (b) A Golden Eagle nestling, 35–42 d old, in a newly built nest on 13 July 2011, Riley Creek–Fang Mountain nesting territory, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska.
Contributor Notes
(e-mail address: Carol_McIntyre@nps.gov)
Associate Editor: Sean S. Walls
Received: 05 Mar 2014
Accepted: 14 May 2014