Bald Eagles Break Nest Record Again in 2015

By Justin Stakes

Lincoln, NE -(AmmoLand.com)- In 2015, a record 118 active bald eagle nests were documented in Nebraska by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and its partners.

Bald eagles were on federal and state endangered species lists as late as 2007 and 2008, respectively. In less than a quarter century the species has gone from a nonexistent breeding species in the state to one that is relatively numerous, according to Joel Jorgensen, Nebraska Game and Parks’ nongame bird program manager.

In the early 1980s, when federal recovery plans were written to save populations in the lower 48 states, the recovery goal for Nebraska was set at 10 breeding pairs. In 1991, Nebraska recorded its first active and successful bald eagle nest in approximately a century. In 2007, the number of nests had grown to 54 active nests. In 2015, just eight years later, this number has more than doubled to 118 active nests.

The total exceeds 2014’s record of 111 active nests even though several nests in one area of state (Missouri River in northeastern Nebraska) were not surveyed due to resource and logistical constraints.

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