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Jonathan Harbour is a gated community located on beautiful Connie Mack Island, Florida just east of the Sanibel Causeway and Punta Rassa.

Trivia Questions from Florida Audobon Eagle Watch Program:

1. Bald Eagles are only found in North America. (True/False)

2. Florida has one of the largest breeding populations of Bald Eagles in the lower 48 state. (True/False) Alaska has the largest. Wisconsin and Minnesota have similar breeding populations to Florida.

3. Bald Eagles have approximately how many feathers?
a) 750
b) 3200
c) 7000
d) 10,100

4. Bald Eagles in the northern U.S. are smaller than eagles in the south. (True/False)

5. Northern Bald Eagles breed ___________ eagles in Florida.
a) Earlier than
b) Later than
c) At the same time as

6. Male and female adult Bald Eagles can be distinguished by:
a) Eye color
b) Feather pattern
c) Size
d) You can't tell them apart

7. Bald Eagles return to the same nest territory each year. (True/False)

8. The largest Bald Eagle nest in FL weighed how much?
a) 300 lbs
b) 1000 lbs
c) 1 ton
d) 2 tons The recorded nest was in St. Petersburg. When the nest fell they collected it and weighed it.

9. Bald Eagles change mates each year. (True/False) They stay with same mate if available. They will find another mate if the older one isn't available.

10. A fertile Bald Eagle eggs takes ___ days (average) to hatch.
a) 21
b) 32 32-35 days... Eagles may lay one egg, then incubate it and not lay another for a day or two. Therefore, eaglets mature at different rate.
c) 49
d) 62

11. Eagles raise two broods of chicks each season. (True/False) (Typically False. If chicks perish early in the season they may try again.)

12. The majority of Bald Eagle chicks fledge (capable of sustained flight) around:
a) 2-5 weeks
b) 6-8 weeks
c) 10-14 weeks
d) 18-22 weeks

13. Juvenile eagle migrate each summer traveling as far north as Canada. (True/False)

14. How long does it take a Bald Eagle to obtain its signature white head and tail?
a) 6 months
b) 1 year
c) 3 years
d) 5 years

15. The Bald Eagle population was decimated by:
a) Hunting
b) Habitat loss
c) DDT
d) All of the above (In the 1950-1960s DDT was the worst cause)

16. When was the Bald Eagle removed from the federal list of threatened and endangered species?
a) 1980
b) 1998
c) 2001
d) 2007

17. Bald Eagles are still protected by federal and state laws. (True/False)

18. During the breeding season, you should maintain a distance of ____ feet from an active eagle nest:
a) 50 ft
b) 180 ft
c) 330 ft
d) 480 ft

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