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GPS tracking records an eagle from the Beaver Island archipelago traveling to Quebec

Also Beaver Island eagle GPS tracking study 2013

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TypeEvent
Date2013-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2013-03
Kind
Observation
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
wildlifebirdsbiologyconservationtechnology
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The March 2013 Beaver Beacon reports that a team placed a GPS tracker on an eagle monitored by Odawa biologist Bill Parsons. The bird traveled to northern Quebec, with its route recorded over a planned three-year tracking period.

Evidence limits

The article provides the reported route and monitoring context but does not identify the individual bird or supply the study’s full scientific methods.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, March 2013, "Where They Go."
    Reports that Odawa biologist Bill Parsons, who monitors 34 eagle nests including 12 in the archipelago, participated in placing a GPS tracker on an eagle that traveled to northern Quebec. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held March issue scan confirms the eagle-tracking report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “GPS tracking records an eagle from the Beaver Island archipelago traveling to Quebec”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-eagle-gps-tracking-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2013, "Where They Go." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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