Bald eagles, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, feeding on spawning plainfin midshipman, Porichthys notatus, at Crescent Beach, British Columbia

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 601-604

  Elliott, Kyle Hamish ^b   Struik, Christina L ^a,b   Elliott, John E ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Vancouver Natural History Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bald Eagle; British Columbia; Foraging rates; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Plainfin Midshipman; Porichthys notatus

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CRESCENT BEACH; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; HALIAEETUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; PORICHTHYS; PORICHTHYS NOTATUS; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 5444269280     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v117i4.829     Document Type: Article

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