2011 Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Statewide Nesting Survey

Authors

Joel G. Jorgensen, Nebraska Game and Parks CommissionFollow
Lisa Yager, National Park Service
Lauren R. Dinan, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Date of this Version

9-2011

Document Type

Article

Citation

“2011 Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Statewide Nesting Survey” from Nebraska Bird Review (September 2011) 79(3).

Comments

Copyright 2011 Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union. Used by permission.

Abstract

The Bald Eagle (Halioeetus leucocephalus) was extirpated as a breeding species in Nebraska for most of the 20th Century. Nebraska's first active, successful, modern Bald Eagle nest was near Valley, Douglas County, in 1991 (Farrar 1991). Jorgensen et al. (2010) summarized modern Bald Eagle nesting records in Nebraska from 1950 to 2009. Jorgensen et al. (2010) noted the highest annual count of active nests was 54 in 2007. In this note we summarize the 2011 Bald Eagle nesting records in Nebraska.