- 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
- 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
- The held issue scan confirms the eagle observation.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
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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