Ecology of Southwestern Golden Eagles Based on Satellite Telemetry
Shortages of data on survival rates, mortality factors, habitat selection, and dispersal and migration movements hinder decisions for managing golden eagle populations in the western United States. To help fill these information gaps, 83 golden eagle nestlings in the Southern Rockies/Colorado Plateau region were fitted with satellite transmitters during 2010–2014. Nearly 500,000 hourly GPS locations of the eagles, accurate to within 20 m, have been collected via the Argos satellite system.