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Satellite Data, Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos), Western North America, 1993-1997

Metadata Updated: July 6, 2024

The satellite data consist of 9,253 estimated locations of 21 golden eagles that were satellite-tagged in either east-central Idaho (Salmon, Idaho) or southwestern Idaho (Snake River National Conservation Area) and tracked between 1993 and 1997 via the Argos satellite system. The raw eagle tracking data provided by Argos were filtered one time using a version of the Douglas Argos-Filter Algorithm and converted into XLS spreadsheet form. This preservation project preserved the geospatial and satellite information from the XLS spreadsheet and released it in shapefile format (Satellite_Data.shp) and CSV format (Satellite_Data.csv). Each tagged bird in this dataset has a unique PTT number that is consistent across the three datasets in this release. Each of the 21 golden eagles (with 23 total PTT IDs, due to recaptures) have satellite location information (provided in the Satellite_Data shapefile and CSV) and 11 of these birds have behavioral observations taken from the ground (see CSV on Observational Data landing page located here: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5ae8c2c0e4b06d9233b8a874). The banding data spreadsheet (see Banding Data landing page located here: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5c48bd17e4b0708288f25795) indicates which of the 21 satellite-tagged birds have associated observation data.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date June 1, 2023
Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI EDI

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date June 1, 2023
Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer
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Public Access Level public
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