Surrey Reserve 2018-2019 Observation and Discussion
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 12:58 pm
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A big thank you to Dawson & Sawyer for sponsoring these cams!
The Surrey Reserve bald eagle nest is new for the 2018-2019 nesting season in several ways. This is the first year we'll be able to watch this nest - and the nest itself is new, built in late August 2018 to replace one that fell down a couple of years ago. Also, this nest is in the first bald eagle reserve in British Columbia, land set aside by an agreement between the city of Surrey and developers Dawson & Sawyer to guarantee space for eagles to nest while adjacent land is cleared for a housing development (read the full story here). The nest is on the southern edge of the city of Surrey, and is not that far from the home of the Hancock Wildlife Foundation.
The nest is about 90 feet above the ground - and David Hancock saw one of the eagles checking it out earlier this month, so we hope they will move in.
There are two powerful pan-tilt-zoom cams in place to watch the nest, one overhead and the other in a tree about 35 feet away that should let us see the eagles come and go from the nest. I believe both have sound and night vision - and we'll be looking for people to post observations - and to control the cams as we watch the eagles.
2018-2019 Season:
A big thank you to Dawson & Sawyer for sponsoring these cams!
The Surrey Reserve bald eagle nest is new for the 2018-2019 nesting season in several ways. This is the first year we'll be able to watch this nest - and the nest itself is new, built in late August 2018 to replace one that fell down a couple of years ago. Also, this nest is in the first bald eagle reserve in British Columbia, land set aside by an agreement between the city of Surrey and developers Dawson & Sawyer to guarantee space for eagles to nest while adjacent land is cleared for a housing development (read the full story here). The nest is on the southern edge of the city of Surrey, and is not that far from the home of the Hancock Wildlife Foundation.
The nest is about 90 feet above the ground - and David Hancock saw one of the eagles checking it out earlier this month, so we hope they will move in.
There are two powerful pan-tilt-zoom cams in place to watch the nest, one overhead and the other in a tree about 35 feet away that should let us see the eagles come and go from the nest. I believe both have sound and night vision - and we'll be looking for people to post observations - and to control the cams as we watch the eagles.
2018-2019 Season:
- adults return: a female eagle was seen near the nest October 3 and two eagles were seen on the nest October 25
- cams on: October 31 (admins had access on the zoomer links earlier)
- eggs laid: March 7, 4:06 pm; March 10, 7:24 pm
- eggs uncovered: April 5, from 6:16 am to 7:54 am (98 minutes)
- hatched: April 14, 3:13 am (38 days); April 15, 12:56 pm (36 days)
- named: Dee and Ess, in honor of Dawson & Sawyer, April 27
- Res injured: female Res was seen with an injury to her right leg June 5, 9:30 pm (details & timeline)
- Sur injured: male Sur also had an injured leg first seen June 23 and seemed to recover faster than Res (after injury - viewtopic.php?p=217490#p217490)
- branched: Ess, June 25, 10:25 am (71 days old); Dee, June 30, 6:53 am (77 days old)
- fledged: Dee, July 5, 8:03 am (82 days old), returned July 6 at 7:08 pm; Ess, July 8, 5:57 am (84 days old), returned by July 9, 11:53 am (maybe sooner, but that's the first time we were positive she was back)
- last seen:
- Ess - 9 pm on Saturday, July 20th; she was 96 days old, so almost 14 weeks, and had been flying since July 8, so 12 days
- Dee - Wednesday, July 24, at 8:55 am; she was 101 days old, so about 14-1/2 weeks, and had been flying since July 5, so 19 days
- Mom Res - Friday, July 19, at 7:20 pm (she brought food to the nest)
- Dad Sur - Friday, July 26, from 5:18 to 5:22 am (no food, just stood and looked around)
- trills heard - Monday, July 29, 8:47 pm