South Carolina's Bald Eagles - More Information

Links

American Eagle Foundation - a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting bald eagles.

USFWS listing information

USFWS Southeast Region species profile and management

USFWS Ecological Services, Charleston SC

Publications

Birrenkott, A.H., S.B. Wilde, J.J. Hains, J.R. Fischer, T.M. Murphy, C.P. Hope, P.G. Parnell and W.W. Bowerman. 2004. Establishing a food-chain linkage between aquatic plant material and avian vacuolar myelinopathy in mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40:485-492.

Brown, R.D. 1996. Attraction of bald eagles to habitats just below dams in Piedmont North and South Carolina. Pp. 299-306 In: Raptors in Human Landscapes. Bird, D.M., D.E. Varland, J.J. Negro (eds). Academic Press. San Diego, CA.

Bryan, A.L., T.M. Murphy, K.L. Bildstein, I.L. Brisbin and J.J. Mayer. 1996. Use of reservoirs and other artificial impoundments in South Carolina. Pp. 285-298. In: Raptors in Human Landscapes. Bird, D.M., D.E. Varland, J.J. Negro (eds). Academic Press. San Diego, CA.

Jagoe, C.H., L. Bryan, Jr., H.A. Brant, T.M. Murphy, and I.L. Brisbin, Jr. 2002. Mercury in bald eagle nestlings from South Carolina, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(4) 706-712.

Murphy, T.M. 1982. Southeast Region Recovery Plan. Pp. 148-150. In: Proceedings of '82 Bald Eagle Days. Ingram T.N. (ed.). Eagle Valley Environmentalists Inc., Apple River, IL.

Murphy, T.M. 1991. The effects of Hurricane Hugo on nesting bald eagles in South Carolina. South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Report. Work Order 89-1.

Murphy, T.M. and J.W. Coker. 1978. The status of the bald eagle in South Carolina. Proceedings of the Rare and Endangered Wildlife Symposium. In: Georgia Department of Natural Resources Game and Fish Division, Technical Bulletin WL 4. Odom, R.R. and L. Landers (compilers).

Murphy, T.M., J.W. Coker and S.R. Hopkins-Murphy. 1987. The status of the bald eagle in South Carolina, 1977-1986. U.S. Final Report. Project E-1. Study VI-C-1. 59 pp.

Murphy, T.M., F.M. Bagley, W. DuBuc, D. Mager, S.A. Nesbitt, W.B. Robertson and B. Sanders, eds. 1989. Southeastern States Bald Eagle Recovery Plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, SE Region, Atlanta , GA. 120 pp. (Team leader).

Wilde, S.B., S. de Kozlowski and T. Murphy. 2004. Hydrilla and bald eagle deaths: what is the link? Aquatic Nuisance Species Digest, 5 (2).

Wilde, S.B., T.M. Murphy, C.P. Hope and S.K. Habrun. 2004. Lake Murray monitoring results and research progress on Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy (AVM) 2003 - 2004. Unpublished Report.

Wilde, S.B., T.M. Murphy, C.P. Hope, S.K. Habrun, J. Kempton, A. Birrenkott, F. Wiley, W.W. Bowerman and A.J. Lewitus. 2005. Avian vacuolar myelinopathy linked to exotic aquatic plants and a novel cyanobacterial species. Environmental Toxicology 20:348-353.