Food Habits of the Northern Bald Eagle in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Abstract

TWO Biological Survey expeditions to the Aleutian Islands in 1936 and 1937, offered excellent opportunities for observations on the Northern Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus Zeucocephdus alascams, which is common throughout that chain of islands.In view of the interest in the status of the Bald Eagle in Alaska, it seems appropriate to record our findings.An extensive fauna1 survey of the Aleutians was made to form the basis of management plans for the Aleutian Islands Wildlife Refuge, administered by the Biological Survey.A good seaworthy ship, the U.S.M.S. Brown Bear, was placed at our disposal, and this made possible a thorough exploration of those interesting islands.In 1936, Cecil Williams and I made up the scientific party, and we were assisted by Douglas Gray and Homer Jewel1 of the Alaska Game Commission.In 1937, I was accompanied by