least 66 different eagles were identified here. Presently at seven feed- 
     
     ing sites 225 to 250 different birds have been observed while feeding. 
     
     Band identification on some of the birds has shown that they come from as 
     
     far away as Michigan, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Ed- 
     
     ward Island. Most seen, of course, are local area birds. Survival rates, 
     
     based on the identification of bird bands at the feeding operation, ap— 
     
     pear to indicate that perhaps at least 50 to 60% "E§§===§§\ 
     
    
   
   
    
            
     
        
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     of the immatures survive to adulthood. This is 
     
     an encouraging sign and a considerably higher 
     
     rate that originally thought. It seems that 
     
     as eagles get older and more efficient at 
     
     finding and obtaining wild food, they make 
     
     less use of the feeding areas. 
     
    

    
     Recent small—scale winter feeding for 
     
     eagles in New Brunswick has shown that plac— 
     
     ing deer carcasses along a river where eagles are seen 
     
     very infrequently during the winter will attract and keep ,:. 
     
     a few birds in a local area from November to February. Tm 
     
     Winter feeding programs for eagles can contribute to “M 
     
     the health and welfare of both wintering and breeding birds, immatures 
     
     and adults, of an endangered species in New Brunswick. Such programs pro— 
     
     vide much neededfood for the young birds during severe winters. Addition- 
     
     ally, the use of contaminate-free food here may offset adverse effects of 
     
     eagle reproduction that may be attributable to contaminated wild food 
     
     sources further south. Attracting and keeping birds in the vicinity of a 
     
     feeding area may encourage them to nest in the immediate area where per- 
     
     haps they hadn't nested before or perhaps return to former breeding sites 
     
     or improve production at existing nesting sites. 
     
    

    
     Winter feeding can increase the survival of young eagles and it may 
     
     also contribute to increased production of a breeding population in New 
     
     Brunswick that, while small and reproductively stable, could benefit from 
     
     ~such assistance. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     (This article first appeared in the New Brunswick Naturalist. Mr. Stocek 
     
     is a biologist and instructor at the Maritime Forest Ranger School in 
     
     Fredericton, New Brunswick.) 
     
    
   
   
    
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