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The first attempt at a nationwide bald eagle count will take place during the last three weeks of January 1979, according to information received from the National Wildlife Federation. The survey, which is currently planned as an annual event, is to be conducted by the Raptor Information Center of the National Wildlife Federation.

William S. Clark, Director of the Raptor Information Center, said that, "the January period was chosen because eagle movements are at a minimum at that time of year." Elton Fawks, of East Moline, III., an NWF consultant who has conducted eagle surveys in the Mississippi Valley for many years, will be cooperating in this nationwide effort. Because eagles are plentiful and not threatened in Alaska, and not found in Hawaii, the survey will be

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