Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

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Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Sun Sep 23, 2018 12:40 pm

Welcome to the Beacon Hill Park Eagles thread for the 2018/2019 season. This thread is dedicated to observations, photos, videos and discussion of the eagles who inhabit this nest in Beacon Hill Park, within the City of Victoria, BC. These eagles have been seen quite often perched atop the totem pole on the edge of the woodsy area of the park, near Dallas Rd. and Cook St. Over the years there have been several nests in other areas within the park, however this past season the eagles did not produce any young in their current nest. Info and photos of past seasons can be found here.
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Re: Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Sat Oct 27, 2018 7:58 pm

Sheri Walker posted a video on Facebook today showing one eagle in the nest and the 2nd eagle flying in and landing in the nest. Good to know they are back and I'm keeping my :luck: that they have young in the spring.
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Re: Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by elle » Sun Oct 28, 2018 8:21 am

Great news! I somehow missed that video.
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Re: Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Tue Oct 30, 2018 6:33 pm

I went to the park today but I didn't see or hear the eagles anywhere in the area :(

I like to take photos of the nests I visit as the season progresses.
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Re: Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Fri Nov 02, 2018 6:04 pm

I went to the park today but did not see or hear the eagles anywhere :( I had a nice chat with Sheri who said she hadn't seen them today.
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Re: Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:05 pm

I went to the park again today in the beautiful warm sunshine :D I didn't see or hear the eagles anywhere in the area.
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Re: Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by Calypso » Wed Nov 21, 2018 5:16 pm

There was a mature eagle atop the BHP totem pole Tuesday at 10:40 AM

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Re: Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Thu Nov 22, 2018 8:24 am

Good news. Thanks for the update calypso :thumlft:
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Re: Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by Calypso » Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:54 am

Jan 4 2019
10:40 AM. A mature eagle flew low from Ross Bay Cemetery, across Dallas Rd towards the Strait. Right in front of my car!

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Re: Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:10 pm

Wow :ohmy: Thanks for reporting this calypso. It may or may not have been one from the Beacon Hill Park nest but we'll never know for sure ;) Happy New Year to you and hope 2019 is a good year for the eagles :luck:
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Re: Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by elle » Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:28 pm

Bald Eagle on top of the totem pole this afternoon.
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Re: Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Tue Jan 29, 2019 5:57 pm

I spent a couple of hours at the park this afternoon. There were no eagles around the nest area but as I was leaving I spotted one atop the totem pole. I couldn't see any new sticks in their nest :(
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Re: Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

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Re: Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:42 pm

I visited the park this afternoon and found both eagles in the nest. A few minutes later one of them hopped up to the branch beside the nest, and a few minutes later it flew off over the park towards Goodacre Lake and disappeared from sight. We didn't see the other one when we passed the nest again. My fellow WiTS monitor noticed something odd about the left eye of the eagle in the nest. After viewing my photos on the computer I do see something wrong with the eye. I'll post some photos tomorrow. I'm going to go back to the park on Friday to see if I can get a better photo of the eagles eyes.
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Re: Beacon Hill Park Eagles, Victoria BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Thu Feb 21, 2019 6:58 pm

A few photos of the eagles at the nest yesterday. Female in the nest.

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