Maryland 2002 Bald Eagle Nesting Summary

County	Occupied Nests	Active Nests	Nests Surveyed
Anne Arundel	7	6	8
Baltimore	5	4	10
Calvert	8	6	11
Caroline	5	4	5
Carroll	0	0	1
Cecil	14	13	19
Charles	40	38	66
Dorchester	75	69	119
Frederick	1	1	1
Harford	23	23	41
Howard	1	1	2
Kent	28	25	53
Montgomery	2	1	3
Prince George's	12	11	15
Queen Anne's	15	13	25
St. Mary's	20	17	25
Somerset	14^a	14	22
Talbot	25	22	37
Washington	1	1	1
Wicomico	13	13	19
Worcester	12	12	14
TOTAL	321	294	497
^a did not survey three nests
Note: Occupied nests equate to the number of breeding pairs of bald eagles. Active nests are those nests with evidence that eggs were laid by the breeding pairs.

County

Occupied
Nests

Active
Nests

Nests
Surveyed

Anne Arundel

Baltimore

Calvert

Caroline

Carroll

Cecil

Charles

Dorchester

119

Frederick

Harford

Howard

Kent

Montgomery

Prince George's

Queen Anne's

St. Mary's

Somerset

14^a

Talbot

Washington

Wicomico

Worcester

TOTAL

321

294

497

^a did not survey three nests

Note: Occupied nests equate to the number of breeding pairs of bald eagles. Active nests are those nests with evidence that eggs were laid by the breeding pairs.

Watershed	Occupied Nests	Active Nests	Successful Nests	Young	Nest Success^a ^(%)	Productivity^b
Chester River	22	20	11^c	22	64.7	1.29
Choptank River	27	24	16^d	31	66.7	1.29
Mid Potomac River	35	33	19^e	33	67.8	1.18
Patuxent River	8	7	5^f	8	83.3	1.33
Upper Bay (APG)	19	16	11^g	19	73.3	1.27
^{a reported as number of successful nests per occupied nest with known outcome (n=112) b reported as number of young produced per occupied nest with known outcome c final outcome of five nests not determined and not included in total d final outcome of three nests not determined and not included in total e final outcome of seven nests not determined and not included in total f final outcome of two nests not determined and not included in total g} ^{final outcome of four nests not determined and not included in total}
Note: Occupied nests equate to the number of breeding pairs of bald eagles. Active nests are those nests with evidence that eggs were laid by the breeding pairs.