French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

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The French Creek Discussion Forum

Welcome to the 2020-2021 Eagle Nesting Season



This Nest is in the Pacific Time Zone

Thanks to French Creek House Ltd. for funding the installation of this webcam.
Thanks to Shaw Cable Nanaimo for supporting the outbound bandwidth.

This forum is for Discussion, Observations, Photos & Videos related to events/occurrences of the French Creek Estuary Eagle Nest located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Please join us as we follow the progress of the French Creek Estuary Eagles and share your Observations, Photos & Videos . You can join the forum to post by clicking the "Register" button in the upper right corner.

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The French Creek Estuary Eagles Nest

French Creek is located on the east coast of Vancouver Island, halfway between Parksville and Qualicum Beach. French Creek, a community watershed, supports a large population of coho and chum salmon, steelhead, cutthroat trout, migratory birds and other diverse wildlife. It is an ideal habitat for eagles to nest and raise their young.

Cam view of the French Creek nest

Another Cam view from the nest

Map of French Creek area

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2020-2021 Season Notable Dates:

Cam On: October 23, 2020

Adults returned: unknown - probably before the cam was streaming

Adult seen on nest: October 26, 2020, 4:56 pm; two adults seen together (not on nest): October 28, 3:36 pm

New nest reported: November 3 - David Hancock reported the eagles have built a nest 650 feet away.

Eggs laid:

Pip seen:

Eggs hatched:

Eaglets named:

First branched:

Fledged:

Eaglets last seen:

Adults last seen:


Useful Links:
Other HWF Cams
Hancock Wildlife forum member's DICTION-AERIE
French Creek 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:

~ 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

You too can honor your favorite fine feathered family
and support the work of Hancock Wildlife by adopting the
HWF nest of your choice.

Click HERE to see how!

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IDing The Eagles:

Scaps coming as soon as we have something!!

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2019/2020 Season:

Mom and Dad French Creek successfully fledged two eaglets.

Dad feeding his two eaglets (:30)

May 10, 2020 - All done!

May 10, 2020 - Feeding over, Dad leaves!

Video and photos thanks to:
Denise Foster, chair
Save Estuary Land Society

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David Hancock has received a number of videos of the French Creek eagles' from last season and of local happenings that relate to the eagles or their territory area which he wants posted somewhere on the forum. So in anticipation of receiving more - here is our new French Creek Video Library.




French Creek Video Library
**Videos thanks to: Denise Foster, Chair, Save Estuary Land Society


Video Title ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date Video Recorded/ Posted

Hoorah! An eagle visits the new HWF nest build at French Creek! - Oct 26, 2020
The three visits from earlier today reported by JudyB. - Oct 27, 2020
Eagle visits nest and leaves with a stick - Oct 27, 2020
Oh No! How embarrassing! I hope nobody saw that! French Creek - Oct 28, 2020
**French Creek Dad feeds two eaglets - Nov 3, 2020
**Hali Enjoying Dad's Favorite Perch Tree - Nov 11, 2020
**Marital Spat - Nov 11, 2020
An Eagle Explores the Nest at French Creek - Nov 11, 2020
**French Creek eagle pair pass on the "pre-built" and do their own thing! - Nov 11, 2020
**Honey we need to Talk - Dec 29, 2020
**Hali By the Creek - Jan 3, 2021
**Female Bald Eagle perched at creek - Jan 15, 2021
**Eagle eating fish - Jan 15, 2021
**Hali parachutes - Jan 15, 2021
**Poop on sibling - Jan 15, 2021
**Preening in nest - Jan 15, 2021
**Yoga pose - Jan 15, 2021
A busy day in the life of Mr and Mrs FC - Jan 23,2021
**Eagles galore! - Jan 23,2021
Who's at French Creek - by BillA - 2/8/2021


French Creek Nest territory Related Videos

Building The First Eagle Preserve on Vancouver Island - Nov 25,2020
**Eagles, mountains, herring - Jan 15, 2021 - Read related article by David Hancock HERE
**Immature, spawn, backdrop - Jan 15, 2021
**Sealions, eagles, seagulls and Herring spawn - Jan 15, 2021
**Sperm, shore, milt, boots - Jan 15, 2021

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[JudyB]

Friday, October 23, 2020

We still have a lot of loose ends to pull together here - but the cam is streaming!

We have not yet seen any eagles - and are hoping they will stop by soon.

[sassyk]

I am very excited and looking forward to watching this new eagle nest Many thanks to David and his crew and the folks at French Creek House Ltd. for making this available to us

[Sandy_W]

This morning, I just discovered this listing for a cam at the French Creek Estuary. Loved the video with David as can see his excitement for the future of this eagle nest! I am looking forward to see the eagles make their way to their new nest.

[JudyB]

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Great to see you here, Kay and Sandy!

Someone is zooming this morning - probably David Hancock. Looks lovely - but quite windy.

I did not see any birds or boats as the cam looked around.


7:43 am
Cam is looking over the water, and I've seen a couple of birds fly by - one white and one dark. And one of the white spots is a bird, but I can't tell which one.

[Jean]

Congratulations on the new cam..........more eagles to watch! And French Creek is a lovely area. Thanks David and all for your hard work and dedication! Fabulous interview David......I always learn something new when you speak!

[JudyB]

Thanks for stopping by, Jean! Where this is a bit further north, I have no idea what schedule these eagles might be on. With luck we'll find out before too long.

2:17 pm
I checked the dvr back to my last post and didn't see any eagles.

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Sunday, October 25, 2020

Good morning, everyone!

8:40 am
I checked the dvr (and did that a few times yesterday, though didn't always post) - and so far have not seen anyone at the nest except a squirrel once or twice.

Some pairs do seem to spend more time at the nest in the fall than others, and I know some seem to go off for weeks at a time in the off season - and I hope we'll see someone here before too long.

[JudyB]

10:22 am
Another squirrel visit.

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Checked dvr and didn't see any eagles.

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Peeking in here
1:32p
Nest is empty

I checked the DVR and no eagles seen

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5:36pm'
Nest is empty

I checked thr DVR back to my last post and I didn't see an eagle . soon

Goodnight everyone . Stay Safe

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2020

[IrishEyes]

Good Morning everyone and thank you nighowl for starting the day here

Weather Report

5:35a
Nest is empty

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7:15a
Nest is empty and I can hear some sort of bird .. not an eagle
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[JudyB]

Good morning, Bev and nightowl!

11:14 am
Checked the dvr and didn't see any visits. I also took a quick look around with the cam, and did not see any eagles perched in the trees we can see nearer the water. I'm not going to post many pictures until we start seeing eagles - or see a change in the nest suggesting someone may have stopped by.

[IrishEyes]

Good morning, Bev and nightowl!

11:14 am
Checked the dvr and didn't see any visits. I also took a quick look around with the cam, and did not see any eagles perched in the trees we can see nearer the water. I'm not going to post many pictures until we start seeing eagles - or see a change in the nest suggesting someone may have stopped by.

Thanks Judy .I will do the same and just post the weather If that is OK

[JudyB]

Good morning, Bev and nightowl!

11:14 am
Checked the dvr and didn't see any visits. I also took a quick look around with the cam, and did not see any eagles perched in the trees we can see nearer the water. I'm not going to post many pictures until we start seeing eagles - or see a change in the nest suggesting someone may have stopped by.

Thanks Judy .I will do the same and just post the weather If that is OK

That sounds great, Bev - thanks so much for posting the weather - and I do hope we see eagles before too long.

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4:45 pm Went back to the last post and didn't see any eagles!

[JudyB]

4:56 pm
This is exciting! I just saw an eagle checking out the nest!

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He or she arrived at 4:53 pm, and tried removing a few of the branches that were fastened to the framework - and flew off at 4:55 pm.

A couple of pictures from the dvr.

[JudyB]

A few more....

And she or he took off about the time I managed to log into the cam for a better look.

But now that one of them has found the new nest we (meaning David Hancock and his nest construction team) built for them - maybe they'll be back.

[IrishEyes]

Thank You Judy! Great to see one eagle. .. and what a beauty This is so exciting !

[nightowl]

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2020

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Thank you Judy for catching the visit and for the great scaps! He/She will be back with their mate!

Our first eagle visit to the French Creek nest on cam!

Some scaps to help ID if he she comes back:

Back collar

Left eye

Right Eye