An assessment of the Bald Eagle and Great Blue Heron breeding populations along High Rock, Tuckertown, Narrows, and Falls Reservoirs in central North Carolina: 2015 breeding season

Authors

B. J. Paxton, The Center for Conservation BiologyFollow
B. D. Watts, The Center for Conservation BiologyFollow
F. M. Smith, The Center for Conservation BiologyFollow

Code

CCBTR-16-04

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

The objectives of the annual eagle survey on Yadkin Project reservoirs are: 1) To document the status, distribution and productivity of nesting pairs in association with the Yadkin reservoirs and associated river corridors. 2) To increase our understanding of Bald Eagle natural history in interior regions of North Carolina. 3) To determine the status and distribution of breeding Great Blue Herons (and associated Great Egrets and Double-crested Cormorants) within the Yadkin Project reservoirs.

Topic

Abundance/Distribution; Breeding/Demography/Population Dynamics

Species

Bald Eagle; Great Blue Heron

Source

The Center for Conservation Biology Technical Report Series, CCBTR-16-04. College of William and Mary & Virginia Commonwealth University, Williamsburg, VA.

Pages

44

Recommended Citation

Paxton, B. J. and B. D. Watts, and F. M. Smith. 2016. An assessment of the Bald Eagle and Great Blue Heron breeding populations along High Rock, Tuckertown, Narrows, and Falls Reservoirs in central North Carolina: 2015 breeding season. The Center for Conservation Biology Technical Report Series, CCBTR-16-04. College of William and Mary & Virginia Commonwealth University, Williamsburg, VA. 44 pp.