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Gilmore BALO EAGLE Haliaeetus Leucocephalus
1931 alascanus
circling around tall rocky cliffs on
the sea shore, or soaring over the
hills, or sitting on some promontory
or sand of the beach. Probably eat
a good deal of fish. May be seen
anytime & place. Have heard
no call notes.
Sept. 18 Unalaska, Unalaska, Aleutians.
The eagles are not as numerous now
as they were during the latter part of
May. This is due probably to two
reasons. First: The sailors on the
three Cutters in the Harbor having been
killing many for sport & the natives
having have been killing them for
the bounty of 100 per each pair of
claws. And second: the fish have
left the vicinity & the natives claim
the eagles leave with the fish &
follow them to their Spawning grounds
in the streams of the mainland.
Of the three or four eagles I have
seen around here about half were
immatures and half adults.