Channel Islands Eagle Makes First Flight
Posted on: Thursday, 20 July 2006, 21:00 CDT
VENTURA, Calif. - The first bald eagle known to have hatched naturally in the northern Channel Islands since the species was decimated a half-century ago by chemical contamination has taken its first flight, officials said.
Though the flight was successful, the 3-month-old bird is staying close to its nest near its parents on Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park spokeswoman Yvonne Menard said this week.
The eagle chick will continue to be fed for at least a few more weeks before it begins to hunt fish on its own. Once the eagle is grown, it will find its own territory on the island.
Eagle fans have watched the chick grow via a Web camera trained on the nest.
The Channel Islands lie off Southern California in the Pacific.
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On the Web:
EagleCam: http://chil.vcoe.org/eagle-cam.htm
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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