Conserve Wildlife: NJ Bald Eagle Numbers Soar in 2011

Adult Bald Eagle at East Lake.
Photo Credit: John Fox
2011 was a great year for bald eagles in NJ. This season a record high of 118 chicks fledged from nests throughout New Jersey. A total of 111 eagle pairs were monitored of these 95 were active which means that they laid eggs. Seventy-one of these were successful in producing the 118 fledges. This is especially good news after 2010′s less than stellar nesting season where only 69 young chicks fledged.




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