Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2024

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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by pureluck » Tue May 04, 2021 7:43 am

Looks like only one eaglet at Vanier. Watched for an hour this morning including a feeding.
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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by pureluck » Tue May 04, 2021 8:54 am

Here's a link to the video.

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LD0hiCpIYg[url]

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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by pureluck » Thu May 20, 2021 7:55 am

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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by pureluck » Fri May 28, 2021 8:12 pm

Eaglet is now almost the same size as the adults.
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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by pureluck » Mon Jun 07, 2021 3:16 pm

Both adults at the nest. Eaglet in the nest, but tucked down so all I could see was the occasional wing flap.
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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by Diana » Mon Jun 07, 2021 3:27 pm

Thanks Pureluck for your updates. We took this photo last week.
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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by pureluck » Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:40 pm

Latest photo of the eaglet.
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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by pureluck » Fri Jul 02, 2021 5:08 pm

Vanier may have fledged. Dropped by this afternoon and the adults & eaglet were not visible near the nest.

Found both adults in the old tree at the coast guard station.
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:vid: https://youtu.be/Ah1MiaGJiMA

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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by tvkits » Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:25 pm

The eaglet at vanier fell out of the nest and was taken to OWL rehab.

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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by JudyB » Wed Jul 07, 2021 5:23 pm

tvkits wrote:
Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:25 pm
The eaglet at vanier fell out of the nest and was taken to OWL rehab.
Drat! Thanks for letting us know, tvkits, and sending good thoughts to the young one. :huggie:

And thanks to you, pureluck and Diana for your coverage here.

Please let us know if you get updates.

Thank you.

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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by JudyB » Mon Aug 02, 2021 7:53 pm

2021 Cam Maintenance
Matching Drive

A little over 17 weeks ago, we met Tiku from our Surrey Reserve nest; this is just before he or maybe she made it all the way out of the shell:
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And now Tiku and Tucca from Surrey Reserve and Hope and Chase from Delta 2 have all set out to explore the world.

We do still have one young eagle to watch - this is Romeo from our White Rock nest, who hatched 6 weeks later than Tiku:
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At 11 weeks, he (or maybe she) is practicing perching on the nest supports and exercising those big wings. Eaglets generally fledge (take their first flight) between 10 and 14 weeks, and it's my guess that will happen in the next week or so.

And you know - I haven't really thought about this before - but our little window to access the nests and clean the cams and do any other necessary work isn't always that much longer than the 35-40 days it takes an egg to hatch. Last year the Surrey Reserve adults didn't leave until August 14 (though they weren't visiting very often after Thor left in mid-July) - and Dad Sur was back on September 26. Different pairs have different schedules - and it can vary from year to year - so it would be great if we could get ready now.

With that in mind....
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We will be posting more details about our Adopt-a-Nest program, the new option to adopt one of our eagles with a tracker (details soon), the Monthly Donor program - and the work we need to do on the 10 cameras we now have at five different nests.

The important thing to know is that at least the first $1000 in donations toward our cam maintenance fund drive will be matched by long-time supporters of Hancock Wildlife - so the time to donate is now!

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Details about How to Donate

If you have questions, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]

Thank You!

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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by tvkits » Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:08 am

Eaglet was released

https://youtu.be/oxECZhzq-Lo

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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by JudyB » Sat Aug 07, 2021 3:47 pm

tvkits wrote:
Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:08 am
Eaglet was released

https://youtu.be/oxECZhzq-Lo
That was so wonderful - thanks for bringing the video here, tvkits!

We haven't started getting signals from his or her tracker yet - sometimes it does take a while before the data starts coming in. The fledgling was designated TERF11 and we have a map ready to receive data here - https://hancockwildlife.org/our-project ... ge/terf11/

Do you know the colored band number or if they know the gender? Thanks!

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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by JudyB » Sat Aug 07, 2021 7:33 pm

2021 Cam Maintenance
Matching Drive

First - a big Thank You to all who have donated to our Matching Drive! We have received $2410 in donations so far - and as you remember, the first $1000 was going to be matched, bringing the total to $3410 - so we are a little over 1/3 of the way to our goal of $10,000 for the people and equipment needed for cleaning and maintenance for as many of our cams as possible.

A key component of our annual cam maintenance drive is our Nest Adoption Program - your donation of $250.00 allows you to adopt your favorite HWF nest and family for the entire nesting season. Your name will be listed on our HWF Live Cams page for the nest - or you may choose to adopt a nest in memory of a loved one, or to adopt a nest anonymously - just let us know what you'd like to do.

Romeo from our White Rock Nest is here to speak on behalf of all the eagles we are watching - please click the button to adopt your favorite nest or nests!
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And if this isn't a good time for adopting a nest, you can also make a donation of any amount to the "Eagle Cams/General Repairs" fund or you can make a monthly donation by changing the highlighted box at the top of the page from "Donate Now" to "Donate Monthly." Many of the funds have a suggested amount - but that is just a suggestion. The amount you put in the Amount box is what you'll donate.

Clicking the button with Hope and Chase from Delta 2 just after they hatched will take you to our Donations page where you can make a donation to help us see next year's tiny eaglets this clearly.
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And I have exciting news - a generous supporter has offered to match the next $500 in donations - so if you donate $100, HWF will get $200!

You don't need to be in Canada to use CanadaHelps - and the rate of exchange right now is favorable to those of us in the United States - a donation of $250 Canadian dollars is currently about $200 US dollars, so if you give $250 through CanadaHelps (or PayPal), HWF gets $250 Canadian dollars, and the cost to you is based on the current rate of exchange.


Big thanks to our first wave of early adopters -

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


Delta 2
~ Sandy_W ~
~ Irish Eyes ~

French Creek
~ Irish Eyes ~

Harrison Mills
~ Irish Eyes ~

Surrey Reserve
~ gemini ~
~ Irish Eyes ~

White Rock
~ In Honor of DDuckies2 and amyklai ~
~ Rosana & Christian ~
~ Anneke Henny ~

and to those who are diligently zooming and documenting the close of the current nesting season - and to everyone who watched and posted on all of our nest observation threads and the other 200+ forum topics.

The remaining eagles will be leaving soon - and will be back soon - and we'd love to have sparkling clean cams to greet them on as many of our nests as possible. Thank you.

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Re: Vanier Park Eagles - Seasons 2018 - 2021

Post by JudyB » Fri Sep 03, 2021 3:43 pm

Here's are a couple of pictures showing the travels of the Vanier Park eaglet through August 27. The first is in Satellite view, which makes it easier to see how far he's come.
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This is the same picture in Map view, showing that he's quite a ways up the Alaskan Panhandle.
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And this is a closer look at the area where he was on August 27th.
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The link to follow his travels is https://hancockwildlife.org/our-project ... ge/terf11/

I always worry a bit when an eagle doesn't check in for a few days - but this is an area where lots of young eagles seem to go - and there are lots of great places for them to explore that don't have cell towers, so it's not unusual for them to be "off the grid" for a few days - or a few weeks. One of the tagged eagles I've been following is Loki, who grew up on camera at our Surrey Reserve nest in 2020 (her tracking page is https://hancockwildlife.org/our-project ... ge/beta04/) - and last year she was out of contact in the same general area from August 27 to October 20 - so I know there are lots of places up there for eagles to hide!

We do have threads where we post about the travels of the eagles with trackers (and we'd love to have more people posting updates there, and telling us a bit about the areas where the eagles are visiting).

The thread for the young Vanier Park eagle is viewtopic.php?f=95&t=571

And for those who are interested, the thread for Loki from Surrey Reserve is viewtopic.php?f=95&t=494 - and the last time she checked in was July 19 from that same general area - and I'm hoping that means that she arrived at her favorite "off the grid" salmon buffet earlier this year, and is having a wonderful time somewhere in the islands off the coast of Alaska. :)

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