WHITE ROCK 2022~2023 Observation & Discussion

[DDuckies2]

3:38pm Panting a bit.
Mom

[DDuckies2]

3:42pm 5 various aged eagles on sand bank.
6 with on incoming on tip of sand bank.
Spawn foam along waters edge.

[DDuckies2]

3:52pm Dad recently arrived on TWT.
Mom calls from nest. Dad busy preening, looks a bit wet .
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4pm BBL

[DDuckies2]

4:21pm No scaps. Seen on WA . ..intruder did a close fly by of nest tree. Mom trilling warnings. Dad comes to the rescue and escorts intruder away. Dad lands on OT afterwards.

[DDuckies2]

4:42pm Another worthwhile look on rewind. North cam. Lots of eagles flying around now that the tide is up.
then quiet for a while ...
4:51pm some more interactions I believe between juvies on WA branch. scap

[DDuckies2]

Eagles everywhere!
5:36pm

[DDuckies2]

6:51pm A beauty on FP.

[DDuckies2]

6:53pm another young one on OT. Flew off just after .
Dad (no scap) was in tall east tree and he flew off when young one came flying by to close for comfort.
Dad lands on nest both Mom and Dad trilling warnings.
Exchange of egg duty.
Mom flew to OT.
7:11pm Mom flew off OT.
Most of the eagles shown in previous posts still perched in trees around the area.

[DDuckies2]

7:22pm Five in a tree left from T N/W tree. So many eagles perched in the area via CU panning if you want to see them all. Wonder if they plan to stay for the night.
This is more then we usually see in the trees during spawning times.

[DDuckies2]

7:33pm Mom in tall east tree keeping an eagle eye on all those young ones in her territory!
7:46pm Mom and a 4-5 yr old nearby. Mom looks , does a PS and the young one flies off.

[DDuckies2]

7:56pm Exchange of egg duty.
Dad flew to OT. Juvie soon flew off WA.
8:07pm Dad flew off OT seen via WA cam.

[Tweety]

re: many eagles in area
ground observer: 5-5:30 pm

My husband and I counted 12 bald eagles riding the same updraft, back from the WR #2 bluff at 5-5:30. The oldest eagles flew (soared) very high and there were many, many juveniles soaring quite low. One neighbour reported that an eagle dropped a dead seagull in her yard.

It was quite a sight but also disturbing because they were all only 2 blocks away from WR nest #2.

I will take more counts tomorrow.

I'm relieved to see that the WR nest seems fine.

good night!

[DDuckies2]

Thank you Tweety for your ground observations. We like to hear from ground observers and can be posted here just like you did with the heading it is a ground observation .
The young eagles for the most part are not bothering our pair. Some near by fly overs are quickly discouraged by Dad or Mom - whichever parent is not egg sitting. When they perch on nearby trees it does not seem to bother our pair.

[amyklai]

MONDAY, MARCH 27 2023

[amyklai]

GOOD MORNING, WHITE ROCK FRIENDS