Bald-eagle researcher William Bowerman, left, and biologists Peggy Shrum and Michael Wierda head out for a second day searching for eagles and their offspring at Voyageurs park on June 15.
Eagle expert Lee Grim points out the route the scientists will follow.
Boats ferry the scientists to where they hope to find the birds.
Bowerman; Julia Ponder, an associate dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota, center; and Shrum inspect a grim discovery: the remains of an adult eagle.
The remains of an adult eagle.
Wierda, an associate professor in extension with Utah State University, prepares to climb a tree during the search for eagles.
An eagle nest looms as Wierda makes his ascent.
As Wierda scales a tree, other members of the team searching for eagles watch, including Lori Naumann, chief information officer for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, left; Ponder; and Bowerman.
Shrum, the lead field biologist, gives instructions and clears a space for eagle chicks.
Naumann retrieves an eagle chick lowered in a bag from its nest in Voyageurs.
Shrum measures a chick's talons.
Ponder and Shrum examine a chick's eyes.
Trees get measured, too.
This eagle, harassed by a seagull, is a survivor at a time when, nationwide, avian influenza has killed at least 600 bald eagles in 45 states.
