Golden eagles are back from Canada, spending the winter in the eastern U.S.
Researcher Trish Miller says that when she and her husband began studying golden eagles east of the Mississippi River, scientists had not realized how many there were — particularly in Alabama. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources says four tagged birds are back in Alabama wintering grounds and a fifth is on the way.
About 5,000 of the golden eagles winter in Eastern parts of the US.
Scientists keep tabs on golden eagles in two ways: fitting them with cellular tracking tags and setting out bait monitored with motion-sensitive game cameras.
(Associated Press, copyright 2019)
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