{"id":10,"date":"2008-03-25T09:44:49","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T15:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/?p=10"},"modified":"2008-04-08T07:29:41","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T13:29:41","slug":"pelicans-and-wabasha-eagle-counts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/pelicans-and-wabasha-eagle-counts\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelicans and Wabasha Eagle Counts"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 23, 08 and the American White Pelicans are back in Pool 8.\u00a0 Read our feature story on the\u00a0return of the AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS <\/a>to the Upper Mississippi River.<\/font><\/p>\n

Also got a count\u00a0for the March 08 eagle count from Wabasha. Note that Golden Eagles<\/strong> are included in the count! I, too, have seen Goldens, but they have been so few and far between we haven’t even mentioned them. I guess the word is now out! The bulletin board at www.greatriver.com\/pbb\/<\/a> shows a huge increase in eagle counts for Iowa.<\/font>Eagles have been especially abundant on Pool 8 for the past two weeks as “winter” eagles wait for the waters further north to open\u00a0and “summer” eagles start arriving for nesting. I counted 9 adults in two trees near open water on March 23.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

Eagle Sightings Winter 2007-2008<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

The NEC’s 2008 Annual Golden Eagle Survey Count<\/a> was on <\/span><\/font>Jan. 19, 2008<\/span><\/font>. The 2007 count was 41 golden eagles for the day and 51 for the week, up from 2006’s 23 for the day and 29 for the week.\u00a0
\n2008 results are being tallied now! <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Eagles Counted On or around March 14: <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n