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Therese Payne photographs a bald eagle near Martin’s Bluff, 2008

Also Beaver Island bald eagle September 30 2008

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TypeEvent
Date2008-09-30
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2008-09-30
Kind
Observation
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
environmentwildlifecommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Therese Payne reported repeated bald-eagle sightings along Beaver Island’s eastern shore north of Martin’s Bluff. On September 30, 2008, she observed an eagle take a gull and said the event was captured on camera and video.

Evidence limits

This is a credited wildlife observation, not a population survey, nest record, or verified ecological assessment.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, November 2008, "Eagles."
    Reports repeated bald-eagle sightings along Beaver Island’s eastern shore north of Martin’s Bluff and a September 30 observation of an eagle taking a gull, captured on camera and video. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the eagle observation.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Therese Payne photographs a bald eagle near Martin’s Bluff, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bald-eagle-martins-bluff-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2008, "Eagles." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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