Hastings Street/PNE Nest, Vancouver - Seasons 2018-2024
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Re: Hastings Street/PNE Nest, Vancouver - Seasons 2018-2020
Thanks Judy for the nice comment and for the helpful hints post.
Re: Hastings Street/PNE Nest, Vancouver - Seasons 2018-2020
What wonderful summaries of the nest Vkahri! They sum up the seasons beautifully! Your photos are great! Thank you so much!
Re: Hastings Street/PNE Nest, Vancouver - Seasons 2018-2021
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This post marks the start of the 2020-2021 season.
For links to previous seasons go HERE (scroll down)
A summary of previous seasons can be found in the first post of this thread.
This post marks the start of the 2020-2021 season.
For links to previous seasons go HERE (scroll down)
A summary of previous seasons can be found in the first post of this thread.
Re: Hastings Street/PNE Nest, Vancouver - Seasons 2018-2021
Thank you so much for this incredible visit to the nesting site vkhari! You got some marvellous photos as well as a thorough description of what went on.
I was wondering how the season back into the cottonwoods went. Thankfully 1 eaglet survived.
Hi gemini!
I was wondering how the season back into the cottonwoods went. Thankfully 1 eaglet survived.
Hi gemini!
Re: Hastings Street/PNE Nest, Vancouver - Seasons 2018-2021
Report on Building the New Artificial Nest at Hastings Park
Hastings Park Wonderfully Productive But Deadly Nest is Replaced.
Hastings Park Wonderfully Productive But Deadly Nest is Replaced.
The Hastings Park eagle nest has had a following for nearly 20 years. Unfortunately the area around the Park, bordering Burrard Inlet on the north and containing a couple of small fish-filled lakes and horse & agriculture barn areas, has great eagle food sources but relatively poorly structured young trees. These entice the eagles to build a nest but usually the nests fall before the season is complete.
Our nest monitors and followers had to go through a sad past 5 years of a chick falling from the nest. This has now, we hope, been resolved favorably. The new Vancouver Parks Board Avian projects coordinator got us a Permit to build a new Artificial Nest in the eagle's favorite tree. The only real difference between their consistent efforts and ours is that we could lock into place many large cedar branches to form a fine foundation. We then built up another layer of long lasting cedar branches and then filled in with cottonwood sticks to give what we hope will be satisfactory to the eagles. We will likely know this within a week of their arrival back from migration - not too long from now. We hope they will undertake the final interior design. Then the piece de resistance will be them lining the nest with mosses and lichens in January and February before egg laying.
The Salish pre-nest building Ceremony
to Honor David Hancock’s 65 years studying Bald Eagles
to Honor David Hancock’s 65 years studying Bald Eagles
David, totally surprised by local Salish Chief with a Blanket and a Salish name Ceremony:
David received the treasured Blanket and Salish Name “Yakula” White-headed Eagle.
This was an incredible honor by a peoples spiritually associated with eagles.
David received the treasured Blanket and Salish Name “Yakula” White-headed Eagle.
This was an incredible honor by a peoples spiritually associated with eagles.
This is the historic Hastings Nest Tree – this contained at least
4 different nests each of which fell or partially fell killing an
eaglet. Here in 2020 the huge trunk from the tree to the north
forms the basis of the new 2019-2020 nest. This was taken
down and we built the new nest in the crotch above.
4 different nests each of which fell or partially fell killing an
eaglet. Here in 2020 the huge trunk from the tree to the north
forms the basis of the new 2019-2020 nest. This was taken
down and we built the new nest in the crotch above.
Re: Hastings Street/PNE Nest, Vancouver - Seasons 2018-2021
The Hastings Park Nest being built: Sept 11, 2020
a. The sturdy cedar branch frame
b. Stage two – filling in the frame.
c. The finished nest – waiting the eagle’s home touch!
Re: Hastings Street/PNE Nest, Vancouver - Seasons 2018-2021
This is an incredible assist to our Hastings eagle couple! Looking forward with great anticipation to following how their next nesting season goes here.
David you so deserve the acknowledgement bestowed upon you by the Salish people.
David you so deserve the acknowledgement bestowed upon you by the Salish people.