French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020 - 2021

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

Post by JudyB » Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:44 am

Good morning, everyone, and thanks for starting our day here, nightowl!

Today's weather (Parksville is a little ways down the coast from French Creek):
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8-16C = 46-61F


7:43 am
The camera went to a black screen a little after midnight; I've sent a message to Ken. I checked the dvr up to then, and didn't see any visits.

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

Post by gemini » Thu Jun 10, 2021 6:12 pm

6:01 pm Checked the DVR back to JudyB's last post and didn't see any visits. Visiting their other nest maybe?
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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

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

Post by JudyB » Fri Jun 11, 2021 8:29 am

Good morning, everyone, and thanks for starting our day, nightowl!

8:26 am
I just checked the dvr, and did not see any activity in the last 12 hours. I also wonder if they are spending time at the other nest.

I'm going to log in briefly and look at the nearby trees to see if there any eagles around.


8:43 am
I've logged out of the cam. It's quite lovely today in a cloudy day sort of way - and I didn't see any eagles.
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I did look down by the shore and didn't see any gulls or other birds, so probably not a day when there are fish close to shore.

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

Post by JudyB » Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:07 pm

2:03 pm
I had this window buried, and heard a crow that didn't seem to be at Surrey so looked in - and see what I found!
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I just looked back, and I'm thinking this is the one I think is female, with the darker eyes - though it's hard to be sure without the other one to compare. I also haven't had a good look at the neckline, which is another clue to the ID. It looks as if the eagle arrived around 2 pm.

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

Post by JudyB » Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:25 pm

A few large screenshots direct from the cam so higher resolution than the signal via YouTube; she only looked at the cam for a second, so the front view is as good as I got.
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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by JudyB » Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:47 pm

She turned around, with back to cam, so here are a couple of closeups of her other side.
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And sometimes tails have identifying features, but I'm not seeing anything obvious.
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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by JudyB » Fri Jun 11, 2021 7:10 pm

The embedded cams went down briefly, but Ken has them back up now - sorry for the inconvenience. It's really odd - when I called, he said he'd just checked them 15-20 minutes earlier and they were all fine.

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

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

Post by JudyB » Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:23 pm

Good afternoon, everyone, and thanks for starting our day, nightowl.

Checking the dvr - I think this is the male who arrived at 8:58, with a crow hot on his tail.
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Or at least the eyes don't look as dark as those of yesterday's visitor.
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The crow apparently moved on once he(?) landed - not hearing any more calling. I am curious about the spot under the left eye - probably dirt, and not something I remember seeing on either eagle before. I'm also noticing that one tail feather seems shorter than the rest.

I think I spoke a bit too soon about the crow - one was back at 9:04 am, and he had some words for it.
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He (or possibly she) flew off a moment later.

I didn't see any additional visits, but the cam was offline part of the day, so someone might have stopped by.


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Not a lot of action, but a nice look at one of the eagles who visits:

:vid: Eagle at French Creek, with Cameo by a Crow (6 min 23 seconds)

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

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

Post by JudyB » Sun Jun 13, 2021 2:23 pm

Good afternoon, everyone and :bye 1: nightowl.

2:20 pm

Today's weather:
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19C = 66F

I did a quick check on the dvr for the past 12 hours, and didn't see any activity, though I might have missed a quick visit.


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6:06 pm
I checked back to my previous post and didn't see any visits. Good night, everyone!

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

Post by nightowl » Sun Jun 13, 2021 11:59 pm

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

Post by JudyB » Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:53 am

Good morning, everyone and :bye 1: nightowl!

8:49 am
I did a quick check of the dvr (and actually also checked it early so have looked back more than 12 hours) - and I did not see any eagles (though I could have missed a quick visit.


But I did see this!
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Re: French Creek Estuary Eagles, Vancouver Island - 2020-2021

Post by JudyB » Mon Jun 14, 2021 6:27 pm

6:25 pm
I just took a quick check and didn't see any visits, but the cam was down for part of the day, and I was in a hurry, so I may have missed something.

But I do think seeing a woodpecker on the nest is a first, so it's been a good day here!

Good night, everyone!

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