Field Rd Bald Eagles, Sunshine Coast, BC - 2019-2022 seasons

[JudyB]

2021 Cam Maintenance
Matching Drive

First - a big Thank You to all who have donated to our Matching Drive! We have received $2410 in donations so far - and as you remember, the first $1000 was going to be matched, bringing the total to $3410 - so we are a little over 1/3 of the way to our goal of $10,000 for the people and equipment needed for cleaning and maintenance for as many of our cams as possible.

A key component of our annual cam maintenance drive is our Nest Adoption Program - your donation of $250.00 allows you to adopt your favorite HWF nest and family for the entire nesting season. Your name will be listed on our HWF Live Cams page for the nest - or you may choose to adopt a nest in memory of a loved one, or to adopt a nest anonymously - just let us know what you'd like to do.

Romeo from our White Rock Nest is here to speak on behalf of all the eagles we are watching - please click the button to adopt your favorite nest or nests!

And if this isn't a good time for adopting a nest, you can also make a donation of any amount to the "Eagle Cams/General Repairs" fund or you can make a monthly donation by changing the highlighted box at the top of the page from "Donate Now" to "Donate Monthly." Many of the funds have a suggested amount - but that is just a suggestion. The amount you put in the Amount box is what you'll donate.

Clicking the button with Hope and Chase from Delta 2 just after they hatched will take you to our Donations page where you can make a donation to help us see next year's tiny eaglets this clearly.

And I have exciting news - a generous supporter has offered to match the next $500 in donations - so if you donate $100, HWF will get $200!

You don't need to be in Canada to use CanadaHelps - and the rate of exchange right now is favorable to those of us in the United States - a donation of $250 Canadian dollars is currently about $200 US dollars, so if you give $250 through CanadaHelps (or PayPal), HWF gets $250 Canadian dollars, and the cost to you is based on the current rate of exchange.


Big thanks to our first wave of early adopters -

Pre-Adoptions for the 2022 Nesting Season –
September 2021 – August 2022

Delta 2
~ Sandy_W ~
~ Irish Eyes ~

French Creek
~ Irish Eyes ~

Harrison Mills
~ Irish Eyes ~

Surrey Reserve
~ gemini ~
~ Irish Eyes ~

White Rock
~ In Honor of DDuckies2 and amyklai ~
~ Rosana & Christian ~
~ Anneke Henny ~

and to those who are diligently zooming and documenting the close of the current nesting season - and to everyone who watched and posted on all of our nest observation threads and the other 200+ forum topics.

The remaining eagles will be leaving soon - and will be back soon - and we'd love to have sparkling clean cams to greet them on as many of our nests as possible. Thank you.

[stim]

Such successful news of your 2 fledglings Heather! I am thrilled for you, for the eagle family and all of us. What a joy to watch them perfect their capabilities now.

[heatherj]

Thanks Sandra!

[Mushka]

Yay! Great news! Very exciting to have two eaglets successfully fledge from this nest

[heatherj]

Thanks Karen!

[JudyB]

2021 Cam Maintenance
Matching Drive

Hi everyone!

I've been thinking lately about how wonderful things can come in small packages - mighty eagles like these:

arrived in little packages like this:

(The adults are from French Creek, our newest nest, and the tiny chicks are Tiku and Tucca from Surrey Reserve being fed by Mom Res)


I'm also reminded of how small the window is for us to visit the nests and clean the cams while the eagles are away.

I have been focused on nest adoptions - but equally important are the smaller donations that may not be able to do that much all by themselves - but when they join with other donations, they can be mighty! I was outdoors yesterday during a fairly short but very powerful rainstorm - and it was amazing what all those little drops of water could do when they worked together!

We are only about halfway to our goal of $10,000 towards getting as many of our cams as possible cleaned this summer - and if everyone who reads this was able to donate $25 or $50 (or a bit more if possible) - I think we'd reach our goal.

A big
Thank You!
to all who have donated,
and to our wonderful zoomer teams,
and to all who help in other ways,
posting observations, screenshots, videos, and so much more.

PS - Donations are still being matched - the first $1000 pledge was quickly matched, but I have not been doing a good job of reminding people that there was a second pledge of $500, and so far we've only matched half of that. So at least the next $250 in donations will be matched.

Please help us clean the cams before the eagles return.

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Thank You!

[heatherj]

2021/2022 season begins here

[heatherj]

1 adult eagle first seen in the area on Oct 10, being quite vocal and resting in various favourite perch trees around the nest. Looks like Pa is back!

[heatherj]

Today I saw Ma and Pa sitting in a favourite perch tree drying off their feathers after the recent rainstorms. Both were spending a lot of time preening but also calling out at any passing eagles, I think making sure everyone knew they were back !

[stim]

Awesome news Heather. Hoping for a great season for them.

[heatherj]

Thanks Sandra!

Ma and Pa have been around a lot in the last few weeks monitoring their territory and doing a few nest repairs. Nothing much to report but glad to see them both around consistently.

[heatherj]

Things have been progressing well here. I'm pretty sure we have one or more eaglet(s) in the nest as I've seen several food drops over the last few days. I have also seen what looked like feeding behaviour from 1 adult at least twice.

I will keep watching to confirm but sounds like very good news!

[stim]

You are so lucky to see this happening so close to your house! DH wants an update on our nests. He's concerned about the Avian flu.
Do you use the iCloud spreadsheet he wants us to use?

[heatherj]

It is such a thrill to be able to see and hear them every day.

I haven't entered anything yet but will try to get to it soon. I've been very bad at making observations this season! I don't know where the time goes!!!

Good luck with all your eagle watching

[marg]

Things have been progressing well here. I'm pretty sure we have one or more eaglet(s) in the nest as I've seen several food drops over the last few days. I have also seen what looked like feeding behaviour from 1 adult at least twice.

I will keep watching to confirm but sounds like very good news!

Hi heather, glad to hear that we may have eaglet/s!