Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2024

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Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2024

Post by Diana » Sun Mar 11, 2018 1:59 pm

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The Vanier Park Nest

Vanier Park is located on the waterfront in Vancouver. It can be seen from the Burrard St. Bridge and overlooks the Children’s Festival, Bard on the Beach and the Seawall leading from Granville Island to Kitsilano Beach. It has several attractions - the Vancouver Museum, the Maritime Museum, and the H.R. MacMillan Planetarium. The nest itself resides in a relatively "short" deciduous tree that overhangs a 4-way stop in a large parking lot with a few small dividers with trees. The eagle couple is relatively inexperienced, but persistent!

Vanier Park Nest History – (found in more detail in the Stanley Park Ecology Society annual reports)

2003: No records

2004: Despite regular eagle sightings throughout the spring and summer, no eaglets were seen at this nest. Adults were not observed incubating in the nest either.

2005: The Vanier Park Nest produced and successfully fledged a pair of eaglets for the first time in the 2 years it had been monitored.

2006: Two eaglets fledged from this nest although one fell from its nest and was taken to OWL (Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society) until it was strong enough to be released.

2007: Young were successfully hatched in 2007, but for unknown reasons they did not survive their first couple of weeks.

2008: One eaglet was fledged. However it fell from its nest prematurely and was found by Vancouver Park Rangers under the nest tree. It was transferred to wildlife rehabilitators at OWL where it was raised for a few months. In August it was released into Stanley Park by Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES) staff and volunteers.

2009: Two chicks were successfully raised until fledging age. In mid-March of 2009, the eagle pair was observed incubating and the chicks were hatched around April 6th. By June 30th both chicks had learned to fly from the nest, but they were observed hanging around the nest site for nearly a month before they finally left the area.

2010 - March, 2017: To read and view observations and pictures of the Vanier Park nest from the 2010 to March 2017 season go HERE.



The Vanier Park Eagle's Nest discussion:
~ 2023/2024 Season Discussion - begins HERE
~ 2022/2023 Season Discussion - begins HERE
~ 2021/2022 Season Discussion - begins HERE
~ 2020/2021 Season Discussion - begins HERE
~ 2019/2020 Season Discussion - begins HERE
~ 2018/2019 Season Discussion - begins HERE
~ 2017/2018 Season Discussion - October 2017 to March 2018 begins HERE
~ 2017/2018 Season Discussion - March 2018 to August 2018 begins HERE

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Post by tvkits » Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:23 am

2017 recap from the other thread:
Late fall 2017, the eagles came back to the area. They started building a new nest near a bicycle skills park 200m from the old nest, behind the gravel parking lot and SW of Burrard Civic Marina. The new nest is 70m from Burrard Bridge, and just above the bridge deck level at that point. During the day the eagles are away, or are perched in the old nest tree. In the afternoon they split time between the old nest tree and the trees around the bike park. They haven't added to the nest much since January, but a few sticks here and there. At night they roost in the tree beside the new nest with some "trying out the nest". The city has paused the planned expansion of the bicycle skills park in consideration of the eagles.
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Post by marg » Fri Mar 16, 2018 11:18 am

Hi tvkits, I believe that this is the new nest that my son saw recently!
I believe he saw Ma/Pa there.
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Post by tvkits » Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:12 pm

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Here they are perched in the old nest tree. (Grey PM & at sunrise)

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Post by tvkits » Wed Mar 21, 2018 12:27 pm

New nest is occupied continuously as of 18-Mar. I would say we have an egg! :luck:

I watched the adults swap out a few times the other day, and also drive off an intruding juvenile.

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Post by JudiW » Tue Mar 27, 2018 5:04 pm

Nesties of the Vanier Park Eagles nest :rh: :eag: :hatch: :hatch: :eag:

Well I and my hubby were down at Vanier today, but at the old nest site and we took a capture at what we saw an Eagle sitting atop of the old nest tree.....but I made the remark to Gary "well it doesn't look mature as it doesn't have a white head, must be the juvenile that has hung here for 2 seasons now and when the Ma Eagle would chase him away I got an old capture of him/her on the ground in the same area as you state the new nest is
....heres todays capture sure thought it was Pa Vanier :puzz: :shame: :eag:
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have a nice few days of Spring and sun :sunny: :rain: and watch eagle cams from across the lower mainland live..........

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Post by Annemie » Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:47 pm

Hi everyone

Thank you JudiW and tvkits for the nice pictures.

I am happy to hear that the Vanier Park eagles have an egg, Congratulations.

I wish everyone here at Vanier a Happy Easter. :bye 1:

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Post by stim » Sun Apr 01, 2018 8:27 am

Good to hear the Vaniers are nesting! I hope their new nest is successful for them.

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Post by tvkits » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:58 pm

All seems well.
Bard on the Beach are almost done construction of the big top tents across the street from the nest. It looks like some kind of construction is happening at the Coast Guard base at the old nest tree.

The eagles seem to be swapping out incubation duties about once every 1-1.5 hours.

The non incubating parent usually hangs out in the old nest tree which is a couple hundred yards away.

The new nest doesn't look terribly sturdy, but what do I know --it survived yesterday's horrendous weather! 🌬🌧💦

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Re: Vanier Park Eagles-2018

Post by tvkits » Wed Apr 18, 2018 8:38 am

Usually there is about a minute or two during parent-swap in which the egg is unattended, but not more. This morning I went by and saw both adults sitting in the previous-nest tree for at least 5 minutes but I had to go to work. I’m not sure what’s up with that. Maybe it wasn’t both parents, but an intruder? I've seen a juvenile intruder around but never an adult...

It’s been 28 days since they laid egg(s) in the current, new nest. I believe full-term is 35 days.

Edit: 19-April i watched parents swap out around dusk (8:30 or 9-ish) and I've never seen them both out of the nest at the same time since that day, so I guess all is well?

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Re: Vanier Park Eagles-2018

Post by JudiW » Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:38 pm

:grhug: Hi all Vanier Park eagles nest lovers....looks like the fledgling juvenile is still hanging around from 2 seasons ago 2016...he never left the nest area due to his mother being killed he and pa never left the old tree site....they both cried all nesting time after her death (my opinion) so that means there are two nests now active at Vanier Park the new nest is probably one of two females who shared the old nest with Pa Vanier Park last season 2017 and one stayed with Pa for this season at the old nest and the other paired up with a new male for this season in the new nest or pa has both females incubating but in the old nest and the new nest :dunno: :puzz: the juvenile is Pa Vanier's offspring and Pa Vanier has ruled the roost and the territory for years.....hmm :chin: as the nest turns :mihihi: .....Judi

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Re: Vanier Park Eagles-2018

Post by tvkits » Thu Apr 26, 2018 6:40 am

The old nest isn't active. One of the pair (while off incubation duties) will perch in the old nest tree, but nobody has been seen entering or exiting the old nest this year.

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