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donnamatrix · 09-03-2013, 02:14 PM

Although the Poplar Island nesting pair were incubating eggs earlier this year, one of the pair was found dead in the water in early summer and the nest "failed." On 8/31/13 we saw a pair of eagles near the large nest that still exists on Poplar - and believe that the surviving eagle has found a new mate and will be using the existing nest next year. Eagles, once they build a nest, usually keep it for many years. They may build an additional nest nearby, but they will continue to enhance an existing nest each year. They can add upwards of 100 pounds of material each year to a nest. It has not been a good year on the lake for loons or eagles in 2013.

09-03-2013, 02:14 PM	#8
donnamatrix Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro Posts: 833 Thanks: 24 Thanked 258 Times in 120 Posts	Eagles on Poplar Island Although the Poplar Island nesting pair were incubating eggs earlier this year, one of the pair was found dead in the water in early summer and the nest "failed." On 8/31/13 we saw a pair of eagles near the large nest that still exists on Poplar - and believe that the surviving eagle has found a new mate and will be using the existing nest next year. Eagles, once they build a nest, usually keep it for many years. They may build an additional nest nearby, but they will continue to enhance an existing nest each year. They can add upwards of 100 pounds of material each year to a nest. It has not been a good year on the lake for loons or eagles in 2013.