Bitterroot Valley Winter Eagle Project Spring 2019 Update

Bitterroot Valley Winter Eagle Project Spring 2019 Update

During the winter of 2018-2019 we placed cameras at 17 locations on private lands throughout the Bitterroot Valley

We collected and set 228 white-tailed deer, 11 mule deer, and two elk this winter.

We picked up 134 roadkill animals along Bitterroot roadsides.

We picked up 134 roadkill animals along Bitterroot roadsides.

One day later we detected a Golden Eagle with a satellite transmitter.

Nico’s migration route follows the Golden Eagle “Highway”

RVRI captured the adult Bald Eagle “Relish” on 1/18/19 near Hamilton.

We continued detecting other raptor species at the carcasses, especially when snow depth increased.

Great-Horned Owls show up regularly at numerous stations.

Mammalian scavengers also get a share of the carcasses.

Defining the approximate age of Bald Eagles based on plumage characteristics is notoriously difficult

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