The late Elmer Clegg, an Eagle Project volunteer, holds onto a Bald eagle nestling while Dr. Erica Miller places a hood on the bird to keep it calm while it is being banded for future identification. © Kathy Clark
‘Jersey Girl’ and Her Mate Rebuild Nest for the 2016 Nesting Season
by Larissa Smith, wildlife biologist
‘Jersey Girl,’ B-64, New nest 2016 Photo by L. Oughton.
We continue to follow the story of “Jersey Girl” B-64. She was banded in Hopewell, Cumberland County, New Jersey in 2004 and this is the fifth season her and her mate have nested in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. In 2015 after successfully raising three chicks, their nest collapsed due to rain and wind at the end of June, but luckily the three chicks had already fledged.
Nest observer Lind Oughton reported, “Well our great ‘Jersey Girl’ and mate have done it again. They built a brand new nest in the same tree but about 15 feet lower that the first nest. It is much more secure where it is now.” She reported incubation on February 12th and hatching around March 18th. On April 1st, she saw one chick in the nest. We will continue to follow “Jersey Girl’s” story and keep you updated.
“Jersey Girl”, B-64, 2016 new nest. Photo by L. Oughton
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Larissa Smith is a wildlife biologist for Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.
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