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Golden Eagle Records from the Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey—Information for Wind Energy Management and Planning

By Wade Eakle, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and Patti Haggerty, Mark Fuller, and Sue Phillips, U.S. Geological Survey

Table 2. Bird Conservation Region (BCR) summary statistics for golden eagle records from the Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey.

BCR CODE # of Routes # of Years First Year Last Year Total GOEA Observed Min GOEA Max GOEA Mean GOEA Mode GOEA
 5-NORTHERN_PACIFIC_RAINFOREST 15 23 1988 2010 72 0 12 3.1 1
 9-GREAT_BASIN 94 29 1980 2010 3818 0 203 127.3 0
 10-NORTHERN_ROCKIES 110 29 1980 2010 3926 0 396 130.9 0
 11-PRAIRIE_POTHOLES 5 20 1992 2010 116 0 19 5.8 0
 12-BOREAL_HARDWOOD_TRANSITION 2 13 1986 1998 2 0 1 0.2 0
 13-LOWER_GREAT_LAKES/_ST._LAWRENCE_PLAIN 1 25 1986 2010 6 0 2 0.2 0
 14-ATLANTIC_NORTHERN_FOREST 1 23 1987 2010 1 0 1 0 0
 15-SIERRA_NEVADA 5 23 1988 2010 28 0 4 1.2 0
 16-SOUTHERN_ROCKIES/COLORADO_PLATEAU 43 25 1986 2010 1378 19 86 55.1 39
 17-BADLANDS_AND_PRAIRIES 63 25 1986 2010 747 0 111 29.9 20
 18-SHORTGRASS_PRAIRIE 10 25 1986 2010 187 0 29 7.5 0
 19-CENTRAL_MIXED_GRASS_PRAIRIE 10 25 1986 2010 115 0 18 4.6 0
 20-EDWARDS_PLATEAU 1 25 1986 2010 5 0 1 0.2 0
 21-OAKS_AND_PRAIRIES 4 22 1989 2010 10 0 4 0.5 0
 22-EASTERN_TALLGRASS_PRAIRIE 10 25 1986 2010 19 0 5 0.8 0
 23-PRAIRIE_HARDWOOD_TRANSITION 7 25 1986 2010 11 0 2 0.4 0
 24-CENTRAL_HARDWOODS 28 29 1982 2010 142 0 14 4.9 2
 25-WEST_GULF_COASTAL_PLAIN/OUACHITAS 9 25 1986 2010 27 0 8 1.1 0
 26-MISSISSIPPI_ALLUVIAL_VALLEY 6 25 1986 2010 16 0 4 0.6 0
 27-SOUTHEASTERN_COASTAL_PLAIN 8 25 1986 2010 25 0 3 1 0
 28-APPALACHIAN_MOUNTAINS 6 25 1986 2010 39 0 6 1.6 0
 29-PIEDMONT 2 19 1991 2010 4 0 2 0.2 0
 30-NEW_ENGLAND/MID-ATLANTIC_COAST 12 25 1986 2010 104 0 9 4.2 3
 32-COASTAL_CALIFORNIA 14 25 1986 2010 456 0 50 18.2 14
 33-SONORAN_AND_MOJAVE_DESERTS 15 22 1988 2010 184 0 23 8.4 7
 34-SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL 54 19 1992 2010 218 0 19 11.5 17

Suggested citation:

Eakle, Wade, Haggerty, Patti, Fuller, Mark, and Phillips, Sue, 2013, Golden eagle records from the Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey—Information for wind energy management and planning: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 753.