Article
An assessment of the Bald Eagle and Great Blue Heron breeding populations along High Rock, Tuckertown, Narrows, and Falls Reservoirs in central North Carolina: 2015 breeding season
The Center for Conservation Biology Technical Report Series, CCBTR-16-04. College of William and Mary & Virginia Commonwealth University, Williamsburg, VA.
Code
CCBTR-16-04
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Abstract
The objectives of the annual eagle survey on Yadkin Project reservoirs are: 1) To document the status, distribution and productivity of nesting pairs in association with the Yadkin reservoirs and associated river corridors. 2) To increase our understanding of Bald Eagle natural history in interior regions of North Carolina. 3) To determine the status and distribution of breeding Great Blue Herons (and associated Great Egrets and Double-crested Cormorants) within the Yadkin Project reservoirs.
Topic
Abundance/Distribution; Breeding/Demography/Population Dynamics
Species
Bald Eagle; Great Blue Heron
Citation Information
Paxton, B. J. and B. D. Watts, and F. M. Smith. 2016. An assessment of the Bald Eagle and Great Blue Heron breeding populations along High Rock, Tuckertown, Narrows, and Falls Reservoirs in central North Carolina: 2015 breeding season. The Center for Conservation Biology Technical Report Series, CCBTR-16-04. College of William and Mary & Virginia Commonwealth University, Williamsburg, VA. 44 pp.