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Lake (M. J. Fry, unpublished; J. L. Hout, personal communication) and 

 the Kanektok River (White and Boyce 1978). 



Nests at l6 locations were on sea cliffs (3), coastal hillside rock 

 outcrops (2), an old dredge near the coast (1), and inland riparian banks, 

 cliffs, or canyons (10). One nest was in riparian spruce-cottonwood, and 

 all others were at higher elevations or north of timberline, <2.5 km from 

 coastal or upland valley tundra plains. 



Our numbers of rough-legged hawks were as follows: the Tuluksak 

 River, one to four birds in 5 of 10 years along 48 km of streams (one active 

 nest found 1 year); the Kisaralik River, four nests in 1977, two nests in 

 1978, and four nests in 1979 along 80 km of river; and the Kanektok 

 River, one pair each in 1973 and 1977 along 70 km of river. The following 

 individual rough-legged hawks were also found along the Kisaralik River: 

 two nests with three young each and one nest with four eggs in 1977 

 (White and Boyce 1978); one family group with two and three family 

 groups with three fledged young each in July 1984 (D. A. Boyce and S. J. 

 Fristensky, unpublished); and active nests with zero, two, and four young 

 on 16-21 June 1987 and one with two young in 1988 (B. J. McCaffery 

 and R. D. Ernest, unpublished). Numbers were greater on the lower 

 Arolik and Goodnews rivers (D. Roseneau, personal communication). 

 Three nests were spaced 6 km and 21 km apart along the coast between 

 Goodnews and Chagvan bays in 1974. At Cape Peirce, two nests or pairs 

 were found 5 km apart in the years 1970, 1973, 1976, and 1981, and one 

 nest was found there in 1984 by D. R. Herter et al. (personal communi- 

 cation). One pair was found at Cape Newenham. 



Of the nests we checked on the entire study area, 10 had 1 to 3 eggs 

 each and fledged 1 to 3 young each. Nests containing eggs and small or 

 newly hatched young were found on 14-21 June (1978) and 20 August 

 (1973; MHD photo). One nest at Cape Peirce had two chicks and one egg 

 on 14 June and the other had five large young on 17 July 1981 (D. R. 

 Herter and D. Lloyd, personal communication). 



Four of the 1 5 pairs for which we noted plumage were black phased, 

 2 pairs were cross phased (Big Beluga), and 9 pairs were light phased. 



Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). Cpr, Rfm. 



Golden eagles nested in most river systems and were found through- 

 out the area. Eagles nested at the Salmon, Tuluksak (Mindell 1983; DNW 

 photo), Fog (White and Boyce 1978), Kisaralik (White and Boyce 1978; 

 DNW photo; B. J. McCaffery and R. D. Ernst, unpublished; D. A. Boyce, 

 Jr., and S.J. Fristensky, personal communication), Kewthluk (White and 

 Boyce 1978), Eek (White and Boyce 1978; R. Baxter, unpublished), 

 Kanektok (White and Boyce 1978), Arolik (D. Roseneau, personal com- 

 munication), and Goodnews (D. Roseneau, personal communication) 

 rivers. Birds were seen in summer at Kagati Lake (M.J. Fry, unpublished) 



