Core Nesting Area definition
Core Nesting Area. One of 16 regions in Florida that contains a high density of bald eagle nesting territories (Figure 3, page 7). Together, the core areas support a majority of the state’s known active nesting territories. The core nesting areas are numbered chronologically from the year of discovery and are located in the following regions: (1) lakes Lochloosa, Newnans, and Orange in Alachua County; (2) ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ in Lake, Marion, Putnam, and Volusia counties; (3) the middle St. ▇▇▇▇▇ River in Brevard, Seminole, and Volusia counties; (4) the Kissimmee chain of lakes in Osceola and Polk counties; (5) the Placida Peninsula in Charlotte and Sarasota counties; (6) the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ chain of lakes in ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, and Sumter counties; (7) the ▇▇▇ County coast; (8) St. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ National Wildlife Refuge in Franklin County; (9) St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in Wakulla County; (10) the Lower St. ▇▇▇▇▇ River in Clay, Flagler, and St. ▇▇▇▇▇ counties; (11) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Reservoir in ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ counties; (12) the central Gulf Coast in Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco counties; (13) central Polk County; (14) Lake Istokpoga in Highlands County; (15) the northeast shore of Lake Okeechobee in ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Okeechobee counties; and (16) coastal Charlotte County.