khwilliams@parks.ca.gov<\/a>. <\/p>\nIf interested in the counts at Lake Perris State Recreation Area, volunteers should contact the office for more information at (951) 940-5600.<\/p>\n
Breeding populations of bald eagles in Southern California were extirpated by the late 1950s. Until reintroduction efforts began in the 1980s on Catalina Island, the southern-most nest site known in California was in Lake County. <\/p>\n
Since 2003, several pairs of bald eagles have made the Southern California mountains permanent homes. They built nests and have successfully raised families. Nesting bald eagles can now be found at Lake Hemet, Lake Skinner, Lake Matthews, and Big Bear Lake. <\/p>\n
At Lake Hemet in Riverside County, the female eagle with orange wing tags \u201c02\u201d hatched at San Francisco Zoo in 2000 and was released on Catalina Island as part of the reintroduction efforts. In 2004, she arrived at Lake Hemet and decided to take up year-round residence with the male bald eagle that was already there. Together, the pair has raised successful nests ever since then. <\/p>\n
See the following websites for additional information about the San Bernardino National Forest (http:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/r5\/sanbernardino\/<\/a>) or the California State Recreation Areas (www.parks.ca.gov<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Forest Service needs help to count bald eagles for the 35th season in the annual winter bald eagle counts …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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