11th Annual Winter Eagle Survey of the Pipestem Area Jan. 9, 2016

By Justin Stakes

Pipestem, WV -(AmmoLand.com)- The 11th annual winter eagle survey of the Bluestone/Pipestem area is looking for volunteer spotters for the Jan. 9, 2016, event.

The four-hour survey will pair professional birders with novice or beginning bird watchers and assign them to survey observation sites to look for golden and bald eagles.

“Surveys are special days,” said Jim Phillips, former naturalist at Pipestem Resort State Park. “I’ve been involved with eagle and migratory bird surveys for more than 40 years and, when we have new folks join us, it is even better.”

Phillips has been observing and receiving reports about eagles sighted in December.

“The eagles seem to be doing strange things, maybe because of the unusually warm weather,” Phillips noted. “State line birds are already mating. One eagle pair has started a third nest at a site. Six bald eagles have been observed along Rt. 122 the week of Dec. 6. Ten golden eagles were observed at Hanging Rocks on a day in the week of Dec. 11.”

Phillips and others organize the survey teams and leaders …Read the Rest

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