Notable Dates 2020-2021 Season:
Adults returned: Sur -
September 26, 2020, 5:58 pm; Res -
October 2, 6:41 pm
Eggs laid: February 24, 4:02 pm;
February 27, 6:20 pm
Pip Seen: April 2, 7:49 am;
April 4, 6:15 am
Eggs hatched: SR5:
April 3, 11:27 am (38 days); SR6:
April 4, 9:49 pm (36 days)
Eaglets named: Tiku and Tucca,
May 16, 2021; named by students from ÉÉC Saint-Joseph in Port Colborne, ON, who had been watching the cams (
link to the story behind the names)
First branched:
- - Tiku on east perch/nest support,
June 21, 9:50 am (79 days)
- - Tucca briefly on slanted branch/trunk, June 21, 3:37 pm (78 days); more actively branching,
June 23, 6:09 am (80 days)
Fledged: both accidentally "fludged"
June 24, 8:39 am, when Tiku bumped into Tucca while landing on the little perch (Tiku 82 days old, Tucca 81 days old) (
video) (
slo-mo)
- - Tiku officially fledged (flying from the nest tree)
June 24, 9:00 am (82 days)
- - Tucca officially fledged
June 26, 10:05 am (83 days)
Return to Nest:
- - Tiku -
June 25, 7:38 pm
- - Tucca -
June 28, 6:18 am
Details of fledge and return: viewtopic.php?f=114&t=505&start=5280#p483239
Eaglets last seen:
- - Both together -
July 14, 5:30 am (Tiku 102 days old, flying 20 days; Tucca 101 days old, flying 18 days)
- - Comment by JudyB: The morning of July 14 may be the last time we saw Tiku. There were several times after the 14th when we thought the fledgling we were seeing might be Tiku (though more often appearance and behavior both suggested Tucca), and there were times we thought we were hearing a second fledgling, but if both were in the area, it seems odd that we didn't see them together, especially since there were a number of food deliveries to the nest accompanied by serious calling by the fledgling arriving to claim the food. Tiku was definitely ahead of Tucca in reaching various developmental milestones, partly (I believe) because there were a couple of days during their rapid growth period when there was very little food and older eaglet Tiku got most or all of what little food there was, and partly because Tiku was able to fly away after they both tumbled from the perch by the nest on June 24, while Tucca spent two days stuck in the lower branches of the nest tree without food or the ability to do any serious flapping exercise; Tucca did some flying after getting back to the nest on June 26, but spent several days mostly sleeping and eating while Tiku was out flying. It makes sense to me that if one of them headed out to explore the world on the 14th, it was Tiku, while Tucca took a little longer to prepare.
- - Tucca -
July 19, 8:01 am (106 days old, flying for 23 days)
Adults last seen at the nest: (as of August 24)
- - Res -
July 22, 12:54 pm; previously seen:
July 18, 8:27 am
- - Sur -
July 22, 12:53 pm; previously seen:
July 19, 10:46 am
Adults last seen on cam: (as of August 24)
- - one on far left tree -
July 29, 8:33 pm; previously seen:
July 23, 8:29 pm;
July 21, 9:00 pm
- - both perched near nest -
July 22 between 5:46 pm and 9 pm
Eagles in area: (not necessarily the resident pair, but maybe quick visits)
- - perched in far left tree -
August 14, 6:37 - 7:55 pm
- - two adults calling -
August 15, 9:38 pm
- - one eagle calling -
August 21, 5:50 am
Cams cleaned: September 11 (both domes replaced)
Useful LInks:
Surrey Reserve Cams
2019-2020 Discussion Thead
2018-2019 Discussion Thread
Fall 2020 Cam Cleaning
Reports and Photos of Surrey Reserve from Ground Observers
Surrey Reserve History and Information
Background article about the nest and the cam
Hancock Wildlife forum member's DICTION-AERIE
Surrey Weather Now
Nest Adoptions for 2020/2021 are now available!
In the 2021 nesting season (September 2020-August 2021) this nest has been adopted by:
~ Irish Eyes
~ gemini
~ dragonfly/Liana
~ JudyB
~ The very generous ongoing support from Jane McLennan on behalf of her grand-children Tamsyn, Lucille, Finola, Hanna and her great-grand-children Ivy, Winter and Winona
Previous Year's Adoptions
2013 - 2020
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and support the work of Hancock Wildlife by adopting the
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