Sooner Lake Eagles Oklahoma

[Donna]

Both have transmitters

8 May 2013: As you have probably noticed by now, the two chicks at the Sooner Lake nest are now sporting new satellite transmitters. These backpack-style tracking devices were fitted yesterday afternoon, and will enable us, as well as you, to follow their movements over the next 3-5 years, provided the chicks survive that long and the transmitters keep working. We first fitted juvenile eagles with transmitters in 2010, on two birds at a nest in Sand Springs and we are still following those two birds today. We are currently following 10 young eagles, and these two Sooner Lake chicks will bring that total to 12. You can read more about the process of catching the young eagles at just the right age to attach the transmitters on page http://www.suttoncenter.org/pages/eagle_tracking_information. The photos below show the Sooner Lake chicks with their new transmitters, as well as a numbered federal leg band that will identify each eagle if it is ever captured again or found deceased. Be sure to follow the progress of all of our tracked eagles on page http://www.suttoncenter.org/pages/eagle_tracking.

http://www.suttoncenter.org/pages/live_eagle_camera

[MAK]

Both have transmitters

8 May 2013: As you have probably noticed by now, the two chicks at the Sooner Lake nest are now sporting new satellite transmitters. These backpack-style tracking devices were fitted yesterday afternoon, and will enable us, as well as you, to follow their movements over the next 3-5 years, provided the chicks survive that long and the transmitters keep working. We first fitted juvenile eagles with transmitters in 2010, on two birds at a nest in Sand Springs and we are still following those two birds today. We are currently following 10 young eagles, and these two Sooner Lake chicks will bring that total to 12. You can read more about the process of catching the young eagles at just the right age to attach the transmitters on page http://www.suttoncenter.org/pages/eagle_tracking_information. The photos below show the Sooner Lake chicks with their new transmitters, as well as a numbered federal leg band that will identify each eagle if it is ever captured again or found deceased. Be sure to follow the progress of all of our tracked eagles on page http://www.suttoncenter.org/pages/eagle_tracking.

http://www.suttoncenter.org/pages/live_eagle_camera

Wow, those transmitters look big to me!