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Saanichton Bay Eagles, Central Saanich, BC - 2018 Season

Post by sassyk » Thu May 31, 2018 4:52 pm

Welcome to the Saanichton Bay Eagles thread for the 2018 season. There was a nest across the bay for many years but it fell down a few years ago. I was advised by a resident in the area that the eagles had built a new nest in a tree near Saanichton Bay Park. I visited the nest site a few months ago and indeed there is a new nest! I visited the nest site yesterday with a friend and saw an adult flying into the nest. We both saw wings flapping up in the nest but couldn't determine positively if there is 1 or 2 eaglets. I will be monitoring this nest throughout the season.

Here are a few photos I captured yesterday.
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Re: Saanichton Bay Eagles, Central Saanich, BC - 2018 Season

Post by sassyk » Thu May 31, 2018 4:55 pm

A few more photos I captured yesterday.
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This one was taken from a different vantage point.
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The one and only photo I was able to capture a wing.
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Re: Saanichton Bay Eagles, Central Saanich, BC - 2018 Season

Post by Judith » Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:04 pm

If this is the nest off of Ferguson RD next to the WaterView Condos it has two chicks.
The nest fell down early in the year but they built it again.

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Re: Saanichton Bay Eagles, Central Saanich, BC - 2018 Season

Post by sassyk » Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:57 pm

Hi Judith, yes this is the nest you originally posted about. Thanks so much for letting me know there are definitely 2 chicks in the nest. This is the new dedicated thread I set up for reporting observations and photos of the eagles and their chicks and please feel welcome to post your observations and photos here any time :) I plan to visit again later this week.
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Re: Saanichton Bay Eagles, Central Saanich, BC - 2018 Season

Post by sassyk » Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:21 pm

I made a quick trip to the nest site this evening and I did see 2 big eaglets huddled together. I did not see any adults.

This photo was taken from the front of the condo building on Ferguson.
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These 2 photos were taken from the park.
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Re: Saanichton Bay Eagles, Central Saanich, BC - 2018 Season

Post by sassyk » Fri Jun 29, 2018 8:55 am

I visited the nest area on Wed. Both eaglets were lying down in the nest, with heads in opposite directions. Every once in awhile a wing would lift up but I managed to capture it only once. After a while an adult flew in but kept on going towards the ocean. The eaglet on the right side of the nest got up, hopped to the left side of the nest, had a poop, then hopped back to the right side of the nest. It sat for a few minutes looking out then layed down again. We met a fellow who is a good friend of Terry V. and we shared some good memories of the little hawk in the Roberts Bay nest.
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Only time I managed to capture a wing :roll:
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Re: Saanichton Bay Eagles, Central Saanich, BC - 2018 Season

Post by sassyk » Fri Jun 29, 2018 8:58 am

A few more photos of the eaglets.

Eaglet on the left side of nest.
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Same eaglet sitting on the right.
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It had a good shake before lying down again.
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Re: Saanichton Bay Eagles, Central Saanich, BC - 2018 Season

Post by sassyk » Mon Jul 16, 2018 9:32 am

I stopped at the nest area on my way home from Sidney last night; there wasn't much light left but I saw both eaglets perched on branches in the nest tree.
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Re: Saanichton Bay Eagles, Central Saanich, BC - 2018 Season

Post by sassyk » Mon Jul 16, 2018 9:56 pm

Because it was so late when I got to the nest area last night, I decided to go again early this evening. Both eaglets have fledged :woohoo: They were perched in different trees across the little inlet where the creeks running through the First Nations property empty into. An adult was perched in a tree looking out over the inlet then flew across the inlet to fish. It picked up something and took it to one of the trees an eaglet was perched in. The eaglet was screeping at the adult but it made no attempt to join the adult. The other eaglet was flapping it's wings and flew to a nearby tree. There was a fellow sitting on the rocks with his camera taking photos of the eagles but he didn't seem too pleased that I was there so I didn't stay long :( I'll post some photos later.
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Re: Saanichton Bay Eagles, Central Saanich, BC - 2018 Season

Post by sassyk » Tue Jul 17, 2018 1:56 pm

Some photos of the fledgling eaglets across the inlet last night.

Mom perched at the back of a tree overlooking the bay.
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One of the eaglets sitting and flapping in the tree.
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Re: Saanichton Bay Eagles, Central Saanich, BC - 2018 Season

Post by sassyk » Tue Jul 17, 2018 1:59 pm

The 2nd fledgling eaglet was perched in the same tree Mom landed in. Sorry for the poor quality; early evening lighting wasn't too good.
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Mom near the eaglet.
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The other eaglet had flown to a nearby tree.
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Re: Saanichton Bay Eagles, Central Saanich, BC - 2018 Season

Post by sassyk » Mon Jul 30, 2018 2:04 pm

I went to the nest site and wandered around the area but did not see or hear any eagles or eaglets.

I did see a juvenile Cooper's Hawk perched in a tree along the path down to the beach and after chatting with a resident in the area saw the nest tree and 3 more juveniles flying around the area.
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Re: Saanichton Bay Eagles, Central Saanich, BC - 2018 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:13 pm

A new thread has been opened for the 2018/2019 season. Please post your observations and photos on the new thread here.

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