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Flying to the mainland
Topic Started: Sep 13 2012, 08:07 AM (669 Views)
Maria K.
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Dr. Sharpe, could it be possible that the fledglings after they watched their parents how they hunt fish from the sea, if they getting very hungry will try to catch a fish in the water and maybe getting caught by something and did not coming up from the water?

In very hard winters we have White Tailed Eagles from far away - some from Finland, Sweden, and Poland. that is a very long distance. I very often read about observations about young eagles who cross the Baltic Sea here where we are living. The distance to the next Island is about 19 Kilometers. We never heard about juveniles eagles drowned by crossing the sea . The most causing of the eagles death in our area is, when they are being hit by a car, hit by train, and when evil people are poisoning the eagles.
Is the wind conditions and Thermic different at the Channel Islands, which makes it dangerous for the fledglings to cross the sea?

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islandgirl
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My question on this same subject is......When a Catalina eagle drowns and their body washes up on the Catalina shore instead of the mainland shore, does that perhaps mean that they turned around and headed back to Catalina when they were exhausted? Otherwise if they got tired going to the Mainland, then their bodies would be washing up over there. I wonder if K24 was actually trying to come back? Probably we will never know. I'm so sorry for what you and your crew must be feeling too, being so close to these eagles. Thank you.
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Eagle Guy
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We don't know why they go into the water. It could be exhaustion or inexperience. The currents in southern California swirl around a lot, so an eagle can float just about anywhere.
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Maria K.
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Thank You Dr. Sharpe for answer me, when I read your answer, it seems to be a lottery for the fledglings to get to the mainland. I wish it could be a better outcome for these fledglings.I wish the young eagles could be stay a bit longer at Catalina and getting stronger for their journey, but they acted in their instinct, that told them to leave the area and travel
I really love to watch these eagles and all the work you and the crew have done. It is very impressing to watch and follow all your hard work to get these so beautiful eagles back to the Channel Island again, it is wonderful!
Thank you so much!
Maria dk :}^

I forgot something what seems to make a big difference. Our White Tailed Eagles stay longer in their parents territories. We had watched the adults eagles ,when they shared food at the autum/ winter time with their offsprings. I do not know, if there are difference in this behavior with the eagles in the northern Europe, they have to move at the wintertime when all lakes are frozen in their territories. There are several eagles from Finland and Estonia with satelit transmitter.
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