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Characteristics of Bald Eagle ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus ) Nesting Habitat in Indiana

Characteristics of Bald Eagle ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus ) Nesting Habitat in Indiana. by Rebekah Zehnder Texas Forest Service Interview 12 July 2012. Bald eagles in Indiana Last nest prior to reintroduction was in 1897 Reintroduced in the late 1980s at Lake Monroe

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Characteristics of Bald Eagle ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus ) Nesting Habitat in Indiana

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  1. Characteristics of Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Nesting Habitat in Indiana by Rebekah Zehnder Texas Forest Service Interview 12 July 2012

  2. Bald eagles in Indiana • Last nest prior to reintroduction was in 1897 • Reintroduced in the late 1980s at Lake Monroe • What factors drive nest site selection? • Geographic variables (landscape scale) • Proximity to water • Land cover Introduction

  3. All nests within 7 km of water • Most (92.5%) within 1.6 km • Type of waterbody • Rivers: 118 (74%) • Lakes: 41 (26%) • Median distance • Nest sites: 68 m • Random sites: 635 m Proximity to Water

  4. Proximity to Water

  5. Land Cover • NLCD 2006

  6. Land Cover 102 30 14

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