Maryland 2003 Bald Eagle Nesting Summaries
by County and by Select Watersheds
Nesting Bald Eagle Numbers Continue to Climb
County Occupied
NestsActive
NestsNests
SurveyedAnne Arundel 6 5 10 Baltimore 3 3 6 Calvert 3a 3 9 Caroline 6 4 9 Carroll 0 0 1 Cecil 19 18 25 Charles 47b 42 74 Dorchester 74 72 125 Frederick 2 1 3 Harford 33 28 43 Howard 2 2 2 Kent 28 22 53 Montgomery 2 2 3 Prince George's 9c 8 9 Queen Anne's 19 18 27 St. Mary's 22 18 28 Somerset 15 14 24 Talbot 20 17 31 Washington 1 0 2 Wicomico 14 14 22 Worcester 13 13 14 TOTAL 338 304 520 a did not survey one nest
b did not survey two nests
c did not survey four nestsNote: Occupied nests equate to the number of breeding pairs of bald eagles. Active nests are those nests with evidence that eggs were laid by the breeding pairs.
Bald eagle nest success and productivity within select watersheds
sampled in Maryland during the 2003 nesting season.
Watershed Occupied
NestsActive
NestsSuccessful
NestsYoung Nest Successa
(%)Productivityb Chester River 21 18 13c 20 72.2 1.11 Choptank River 25 22 15 22 60.0 0.88 Mid Potomac River 40 38 23d 35 71.9 1.09 Patuxent River 10 10 6e 9 75.0 1.13 Upper Bay (APG) 29 29 24 36 82.7 1.24 a reported as number of successful nests per occupied nest with known outcome (n=112)
b reported as number of young produced per occupied nest with known outcome
c final outcome of three nests not determined and not included in total
d final outcome of eight nests not determined and not included in total
e final outcome of two nests not determined and not included in totalNote: Occupied nests equate to the number of breeding pairs of bald eagles. Active nests are those nests with evidence that eggs were laid by the breeding pairs.
Maryland Bald Eagle Nest Success & Productivity, 1977-2004
Wintering Bald Eagle Survey Results, 1979-2004
The Eagle Has Landed
Animal Bits - Bald Eagle
Maryland's Rare, Threatened and Endangered SpeciesThis page up-dated on September 22, 2004