About the Authors

Paul W. Collins

Affiliation Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Brian C. Latta

Affiliation The Bird Group, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Gary W. Roemer

groemer@nmsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: GWR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PWC BCL. Wrote the paper: GWR. Identified all nest material and summarized all of the remains collected: PWC. Rappelled into every eagle nest and excavated the nests: BCL.