French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020 - 2021

Camera is offline, but we do get occasional updates for the French Creek Estuary nest on Vancouver Island, BC, from local observers

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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by nightowl » Fri Sep 03, 2021 11:52 pm

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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by IrishEyes » Sat Sep 04, 2021 7:14 am

Good Morning French Creek . Judy and all ....thank you nightowl for starting our day here :grhug:

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7:05am
Nest is empty
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I checked the DVR back as far as it would go to 4:59a and nest was empty
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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by IrishEyes » Sat Sep 04, 2021 6:33 pm

6:27p
Windy at the empty nest
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I checked the DVR back to my last post and nest was empty

Goodnight Judy and all who watch this nest ...Stay Safe Be Well :grhug:
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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by nightowl » Sat Sep 04, 2021 11:58 pm

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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by IrishEyes » Sun Sep 05, 2021 5:13 am

Good Morning French Creek , Judy and all ...thank you mightowl for starting our day here :grhug:

Weather Repot
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5:05a
Dark at the empty nest
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I checked the DVR back to my last post and nest was empty.
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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by IrishEyes » Sun Sep 05, 2021 1:54 pm

Good Afternoon Judy and all ..

1:51pm
Nest is empty and I am sure a heard an Eagle in the distance.
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A quick check on the DVR back to my last post and nest was empty ..
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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by IrishEyes » Sun Sep 05, 2021 5:48 pm

5:44pm
Nest is empty
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No nest visits that I saw today.

Goodnight FC...... Judy and all who watch this nest .... Stay Safe Be Well :grhug:
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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by IrishEyes » Mon Sep 06, 2021 5:59 am

Good Morning French CREEK , Judy and all... thank you nightowl for starting our day here :grhug:

HAPPY LABOR DAY EVERYONE !

Weather Report
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5:53a
Nest is empty
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A quick check of the DVR back to my last post and nest was empty
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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by IrishEyes » Mon Sep 06, 2021 2:26 pm

Good Afternoon everyone
2:23pm
Sunny and windy at the empty nest
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I checked the DVR back to my last post and nest was empty .
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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by IrishEyes » Mon Sep 06, 2021 6:11 pm

6:18pm
Quiet at the empty nest
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A quick check on the DVR No nest visits but the cam was showing stripes twice that I saw .

Goodnight Judy and all.. Stay Safe Be Well :grhug:
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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by IrishEyes » Tue Sep 07, 2021 7:26 am

Good Morning FC , Judy and all......thank you nightowl for starting our day here :grhug:

Weather Report
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7:20a
Quiet t the empty nest
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I checked the DVR back as far a it would go to 6:30p last night and nest was empty .
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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by JudyB » Tue Sep 07, 2021 7:54 am

2021 Cam Maintenance Fund Drive
Countdown to Cleaning
French Creek

It's almost time to clean the cams! I've just learned that the work will need to be completed by September 15 - so the next week or so will be very busy!

First - a big Thank You to those who have donated! We've raised over $6000 towards the work we'd like to do at our five nests with cams, and we already have three pre-adoptions for French Creek!

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


French Creek
~ Irish Eyes ~
~ JudyB ~
~ gemini ~


(click here to learn more about adopting a nest)

At least 25 people have already donated to our annual maintenance drive, and I've heard from a few more who are planning to donate soon - which is wonderful! Thank you!

We need another $4000 to reach our goal for this drive - so if you've been thinking of donating, this would be a good time to do that. :)

There are a number of things we'd like to do at French Creek - and unfortunately they probably won't be able to happen this fall - but the nests that get less attention this year will be at the top of the list next year:
  • The cam is looking very good now, but by next year it will be important to clean it, and to clean the infrared light that provides night vision (and that also gets dusty)
  • The signal on the embedded cam page seems to pixelate more than many of our cams, and we're currently streaming at a very modest 640x360 size, zoomed to 720p; I'm not sure what the internet upload speed is at the site or if there is a faster service available - if that's an option, we might be able to go to a higher resolution feed
  • Not sure if anything can be done, but the cam gets blurry or shows double when we try zooming in on some of the perches; other cams do that if you try looking up (I think because of the way the cam cover is made - they are designed to be security cams and I'm guessing most burglars don't fly) but this cam seems to do that more than the similar Surrey Reserve cams
  • Looking towards the future, if we do have eagles using the nest, a second cam that provides a wide view of the nest and/or a view of the places where the eagles hunt and fish would be wonderful
We have been working with the great folks at Shaw Cable to try to figure out why the cam was going offline so often, and we're making real progress with that - big thanks to them for their help!

We are a mostly volunteer organization - and I know many of you donate many hours watching the eagles, posting screenshots and videos and detailed observations, and helping with the other tasks that keep us going. We could not begin to do this without you - and on behalf of Hancock Wildlife Foundation, I thank you all for all that you do!

That said, getting our team out to the island is more expensive than doing work on the mainland - and we have monthly expenses for the forum and website that host all this information and the internet service that lets us view all the cams - so if you can make a donation now, it would be greatly appreciated.

I'm not sure which of the adults this is, but he or she says it better than I can - please click on the button below to donate.

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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by IrishEyes » Tue Sep 07, 2021 12:05 pm

Thanks so much Judy! No one can say it like you :huggie: I hope we get more donations .. :luck:

11:58 am
Nest is empty
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I checked the DVR back to my last post...... nest was empty.
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