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Identification of Important Habitats in Coastal New Hampshire

Chapter 24. Bald Eagle

The bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, represents to the public a symbol of environmental quality. From an ecological perspective, eagles may be significant predators on waterfowl and fishes. While eagles do not nest around Great Bay, they have been observed wintering there more frequently in recent years than in the early 1980's (DeLuca 1993, Cook et al. 1995).

The Great Bay study area includes several bald eagle winter roost sites and the foraging habitats to support them. Because most of the open waters of Great Bay apparently offer suitable feeding habitats we mapped only the vicinities of regularly used roost sites. Since these are in actual use they were assumed to provide all requisites, and thus were scored 10 on a 0 - 10 scale.

Roosting habitats (Figure of Winter Roost Habitat) were mapped as uplands surrounding specific roost sites diagramed in DeLuca (1993) and roost areas illustrated in the Pease Air Force Base Draft Environmental Impact Statement (1991).

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