What a sad world this can be at times - hoping that somehow the plaques can be recovered and this can be turned into a learning moment.
I came here to thank you all for the great coverage here this season - and to thank the SWFEC members who have donated to support Hancock Wildlife and the expenses of the forum - Thank You!
2023 Cam Maintenance (& More)
Annual Fund Drive
Update
Hi everyone - and
thanks so much to those of you who have donated to our annual fund drive! Thanks to you,
we have raised $5,373 - and are getting close to our goal of $7000!
As you may know, the focus of our fund drive is to help with the maintenance expenses for our cams - and as I am typing this, David Hancock, cam wizard Ken, climbers and other team members are on their way to Harrison Mills to replace the two older cams there which are no longer streaming.
However -
Hancock Wildlife Foundation is more than just our live streaming cams. We also are trying to be a repository for data about other nests with cams and nests with local observers. Many of the nests that have threads here also have active Chats and Facebook pages - which are really wonderful for communicating with other viewers while watching, and the Facebook pages are a quick way to share a great screenshot with others who are interested. However, most chats only go back a few hours - so there's no quick way to read about what happened three days ago - and photos and observations posted to Facebook are generally there permanently, but they're not chronological. Looking back a month later to see when a chick fledged can be a challenge.
We currently have threads for more than 20 other North American eagle cams, at least 15-20 nests without cams in BC, and a scattering of eagle, osprey, hawk and other nests from around the world.
We had to move our forum to a larger server this year - we host over 665,000 posts and have more than 1.2 million attachments, most of which are screenshots of eagles and other wildlife - and that number is growing daily. We have over 1400 members, and while this is generally the inactive time for our North American birds, about a hundred of you have checked in over the past month or so.
Server space, and the tech support that keeps it all running smoothly 99.9% of the time, is also a large expense - so even if you're not especially interested in our cams,
if you find the forum interesting and useful, or like the ability to send PMs to other members about the nests you're following - please consider making a donation to support our general expenses.
Monthly donations are easy to set up:
- go to the "Donations" page on our website (https://hancockwildlife.org/donations/)
- click the "Donate via CanadaHelps Now!" link
- change the highlighted box at the top of the page from "Donate Now" to "Donate Monthly."
- enter the amount of your monthly donation
- feel free to use the message box to say which nest(s) you follow or provide other feedback
- fill in your contact information and credit card details, and
- click "Complete Donation Now"
Monthly donations can be cancelled at any time, and by donating through CanadaHelps, those in Canada will automatically get the tax receipt they need at the end of the year - and even though I'm in the US, I normally use CanadaHelps because I find it simpler than PayPal, and like that the tiny fee that's subtracted either way is used to help non-profits like Hancock Wildlife receive online donations. That said - you can also set up monthly donations with PayPal.
I will also mention that while we focus on adopting our HWF nests with cams, you can adopt other nests we cover, with the understanding that the money goes to support the forum, not to maintenance of those cams; two people adopted the
Southwest Florida eaglecam nest for this year (2023), and I think other nests have been adopted in the past.
Mary - Here are a couple of s'caps that shows the "V Tree" location. 
(And Vicki ---> Like always...I hope to see your summertime nest tree visit videos soon! 
Thanks for clearing that up.
A NEW BEGINNING! M15 & THE NEW LADY EAGLE FRIEND