Abstract
We determined the relationship between bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) distribution and human activity on the northern Chesapeake Bay shoreline during 1985-89. Only 55 of 1,117 locations of radio-tagged eagles (4.9%) occurred in the developed land-cover type (≥4 buildings/4 ha), although 18.2% of potential eagle habitat was developed (χ 2 =428.9, 4 df, P<0.001). Eagle use of the shoreline was inversely related to building density (χ 2 =22.1, P<0.001) and directly related to the development set-back distance (χ 2 =5.3, P=0.02). Few eagles used shoreline segments with boats or pedestrians nearby (P<0.001). Only 360 of 2,532 segments (14.2%) had neither human activity nor shoreline development
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