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Eagles on East Texas lakes
Estimated 250 bald eagles
More than 250 of America’s
majestic bald eagle make their
winter home on East Texas lakes.
The majority stay the season soar
ing above the reservoirs and rivers
of East Texas in search of fish, crip
pled water-fowl and carrion, says
Sandy Korowotny, a graduate stu
dent in Texas A&M University’s
wildlife and fisheries sciences de
partment. Dr. Keith Arnold of that
department and Korowotny were
awarded two grants over the past
“The best estimate we have indi
cates that between 250 and 300 bald
eagles wintered in East Texas this
year,” says Korowotny. “We have to
be cautious about announcing fig
ures. The river systems are very
close in East Texas and it wouldn’t
be difficult for an eagle to fly 40
miles or more in search of food.
“If there is a stable food supply,
then usually the birds will stay in
one place.”
The bigger lakes generally had
season to study the winter account of more eagles, Korowotny said. Re-
the endangered eagles. ported sightings include five at Lake
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Somerville, 20 at Lake O’ the Pines,
38 at Sam Rayburn Reservoir, nine
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“Essentially we are talking about
the area known as East Texas. The
region ranges from the coastal plains
north of Houston to east of the
Dallas-Fort Worth area, covering 38
reservoirs in all,” Korowotny says.
“It’s difficult to compare one year
with another,” she explains. “But it
is obvious the eagle population is
not declining. Over the next 30 to
40 years the creation of man-made
reservoirs like Somerville and Con
roe will create a neVv habitat for the
eagles, as long as the shoreline is not
gobbled up by lakeside develop
ments and summer homes.
“We are very happy about the
chances for increasing the wintering
bald eagle population.”
However, Arnold says, a growing
population of wintering bald eagles
could be a problem for the Southern
bald eagles which are foremost on
the endangered species list. These
birds have historically made their
homes along the Gulf Coast and
near rivers in East Texas.
“We want to carefully look at the
effect the presence of wintering
eagles have on the Southern bald
eagles’ breeding territories,” adds
Arnold. “In other words, we may be
doing fine for the wintering eagle,
but we may be doing harm to the
Southern native.”
Migrant eagles will roost for the
winter in almost any region of the
state where there is a productive
reservoir. Bald eagles have been re
ported from far West Texas on Lake
Meredith all the way to Houston.
“I’m really pleased about the re
sults of the winter eagle survey,”
Arnold says. “It gave us a chance to
get an almost complete survey of the
eagles in East Texas. We are hoping
for more funding next year to get a
better picture of what happensfc
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year-to-year as they fly down W
the far north.”
Wintering bald eagles cot
primarily from northern cliraitt
from as far away as Minnesota t;
Canada, he explains.
The count project bejaa
November with boat and aerials,
veys of the East Texas lakes.
“We found out quickly tktt
best way to track the eagles w
the air,” Arnold recalls. “YouaK
cover the lake much faster and
is a much better chance of gettiap
accurate count. In a boat there?
times when you just can’t coveil
entire lake, especially in the it
low, timbered, backwater areas
the big lakes.
“On Sam Rayburn Reservoii
February we used two boats. Ill
we were able to fly the kike tos
count a week later, we foundwek
missed many eagles in the bach
ter slough of the lake.”
It’s very important to tale:
survey as quickly as possible ti
duce the chances of counting]
bird twice. In sighting eaglesh
the air, the plane flies at
titudes and at slow speeds !
birds are easy to identify becaii
mature bald eagle will have
span of more than six feet.
Immature bald eagles are it
brown with white blotches. lit
third year of development,
eagles have the characteristic»1
head and tail. Many people
the immature bald eagle for i
den eagle, but there are very
golden eagles in East Texas, Aid
says
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