- Date
- 1988-10
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- birdswildlifeconservationenvironmentcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Roy Elsworth found a dead eagle near Beaver Harbor in 1988. Its metal and green plastic bands and radio transmitter led authorities to identify the bird as banded in Georgia by the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Evidence limits
The newspaper gives no band number, age determination, cause of death, or formal recovery record.
Sources
- Reports Roy Elsworth finding an eagle carcass near south Beaver Harbor with metal and green plastic bands and a radio transmitter; authorities traced the bird’s banding to Georgia Fish and Wildlife Service work. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the wildlife report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Banded eagle found dead near Beaver Harbor is traced to Georgia, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dead-banded-eagle-report-1988/, accessed [date], citing Banded eagle report, Beaver Beacon, October 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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