Fraser Point - Northern Channel Islands - Seasons 2018-2023

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Fraser Point - Northern Channel Islands - Seasons 2018-2023

Post by Debs » Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:15 pm

:hi:

Welcome to the Fraser Point Bald Eagle Nest

Note: because there are not a lot of posts, we are extending this thread to include nesting seasons 2018 - 2023:

2023 posts start here.
2022 summary here.
2021 posts start here.
2020 posts start here.
2019 posts start here.
2018 posts start here.

Meet the Fraser Point Pair :wub:

Resident Female A49 Cruz and the Resident Male A64
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a Princess Cruz and her Mate A64.jpg
Spirit has lost his left blue wing bling; the right bling remains intact.

In 2006 Cruz A49 was the very first natural hatch (Pelican Harbor nest - K26 & K10) in the Channel Islands since 1949.
A49 is the Resident Female at this nest and she will be 12 years old this year (2018). The Resident Male - A64 - Spirit will be 10 years this spring (2018) K26 and K10 were also the parents of Spirit ... class of 2008.

Map of the Northern Channel Islands
Map Northern Channel Islands 2014.jpg
Link to Fraser Point Eagle Cams

Link to IWS All CI Eagle Cam Page
http://www.iws.org/livecams.html

2020 Nesting Season
Eggs Laid:
Hatch Day:
Banding:
Fledge Dates:
Juvies Leave:

2019 Nesting Season
Eggs Laid: Jan 31 or Feb 1, Feb 3, Feb 6
Hatch Day: Mar 9, Mar 11 & Mar 14, 2019
Banding: April 29: orange 55/A (M)/RobertAlan; orange 45/A (M)/Moksha; orange 34/A (F)/Trey
Fledge Dates: May 24, May 27, June 6
Juvies Leave: per IWS, the fledglings stayed around the nest area for quite some time


Sauces History - Cruz A-49 and Spirit's A-64

2012 - One chick; died unknown causes
2013 - One chick; A89 F - Sapphire - first second generation eagle successfully fledged
2014 - Two chicks; A97 M - Maxiwo; A98 F - Glory - both fledged
2015 - Two chicks - A54 F Chanita; Second chick F - Takoda too small for wing blings; banded #709-03074
2016 - Nest failed; a golden eagle was threatening the resident pair; the golden eagle visited the nest several times during the 2016 nesting season. Cruz stood her ground and continued to protect her nest and territory from the golden eagle threatening it ... as the threat continued we saw less and less of the resident male A64 ... hoping he returns for the 2017 season!
2017 - New Nest; Fledged three chicks; A-02 Henry, A-03 Theos and A-04 Barrett; there was no cam on the nest so updates were only available when IWS visited their nesting territory.
2018 - 3 Eggs Laid - Feb 9, Feb 12 & Feb 15, 2018; Hatched - Mar 18, Mar 20, March 22, 2018;
- Banding - May 1, 2018 - 44/A; 35/A and 52/A; Fledged - 44/A fledged June 8, 2018 - 11:24am;
- 35/A fledged June 11, 2018 - 10:06am and 52/A fledged June 13, 2018 at 9:55am.

Important Links

Link to the 2018 Fraser Point Thread to Feb 25, 2018
http://www.hancockwildlife.org/forum/vi ... 19#1050419

Link to the 2017 Fraser Point Thread
http://www.hancockwildlife.org/forum/vi ... 038#912038

2017 Banding Video by Dr. Peter Sharpe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjZTRAS ... e=youtu.be

IWS Update on the Santa Cruz Islands - Dec 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAm9Yit ... e=youtu.be

Link to the Annual Reports on the Channel Islands Eagles
The Annual Reports provide all the history and detail on the BE Restoration Program to the Channel Islands.
http://z7.invisionfree.com/CHIL_EagleCA ... topic=6299

Institute for Wildlife Studies - Main Page
http://www.iws.org/

Facebook Institute for Wildlife Studies
https://www.facebook.com/IWSEagles/?hc_ ... CH&fref=nf

Facebook Bald Eagles 101
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1690426617860075/

Wing-Bling Reference Chart
http://z7.invisionfree.com/CHIL_EagleCA ... topic=4674

Pat (Cumbrian) of CHIL Eaglecam Discussion forum has completed the Class of 2018 ... its an awesome summary of all the Channel Island Bald Eagle families complete with maps and pictures of the nesting territories click on link below
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/chil_ea ... 11459.html

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Post by Debs » Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:27 pm

History of the Channel Islands Bald Eagle Restoration Project as per the Institute for Wildlife Studies Web Site

In 2002, funding provided by the Montrose Settlements Restoration Program allowed IWS to begin a five-year feasibility study to determine if bald eagles could be successfully restored on the northern Channel Islands, California. The project objectives were to release 12 bald eagles per year on Santa Cruz Island (hereafter Santa Cruz) by hacking and then to carefully monitor the eagles' movements, forage use, and survival. Forage use and analyses of prey samples are to be used to evaluate the potential source of organochlorine contaminants that could affect the establishment of a self-sustaining bald eagle population. Santa Cruz is located approximately 20 miles off the coast of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Santa Cruz is the largest of the eight California Channel Islands, measuring about 38 km in length and 12 km wide at its widest point. The National Park Service (NPS) owns and manages the eastern 24% of the island and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) owns and manages the western 76% of the island.

Since June 2002, IWS has released 63 young bald eagles from two hacking (release) towers located on the NPS portion of Santa Cruz. Each tower has two cages, each of which can hold up to four young eagles being prepared for release. The eaglets were produced by the Avian Conservation Center at the San Francisco Zoo or collected from wild nests near Juneau, Alaska when they were about 8 weeks old. The birds were kept in the cages until they were ready to fly at about 12 weeks of age. They were fed a variety of foods that they encounter once released and we monitored them using a closed-circuit video system to insure that each bird was eating and behaving normally.

When the birds were approximately 11 weeks old, we fit each bird with a combination satellite/VHF transmitter, light blue patagial wing markers, and federal leg band. The satellite transmitters record hourly GPS locations of the bird and then upload them to a satellite approximately every three days. We are then able to download the data and determine where the birds have been. You can follow the paths of some of these birds here.
When the birds were approximately 12 weeks old, we opened the release doors on each cage. It took up to two weeks for the birds to fledge from the towers. We continued to place food items in and around the towers to provide a known food source for the birds while they developed their flight/scavenging skills.

In 2006, two pairs of bald eagles successfully hatched one eagle chick each. These were the first known successful bald eagle nests on the California Channel Islands in about 50 years. One pair of these eagles was originally released on Santa Catalina Island in 2001 (Male K-10) and 2002 (Female K-26). The second pair was comprised of a Catalina male released in 2001 (K-11) and a female released on Santa Cruz Island in 2002 (A-04).

As of the end of 2009, there are estimated to be about 40 bald eagles on the northern Channel Islands (Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and San Miguel), including birds released on Santa Cruz, at least three Catalina-released birds, and a few unmarked eagles from the mainland.

Note: In 2014 the IWS discontinued the general use of all types of transmitters.

For more information contact Dr. Peter Sharpe
http://www.iws.org/staff_sharpe.html

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Post by Debs » Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:28 pm

Princess Cruz
Cruz A49.jpg

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Post by Debs » Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:28 pm

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Re: Fraser Point - Northern Channel Islands - 2018

Post by Debs » Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:49 pm

Feb 25, 2018

The Fraser Point pair have three eggs laid on Feb 9, Feb 12 & Feb 15, 2018

I saw a switch from Dad to Mom.

Dad
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Dad exits the nest
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Mom comes in and takes over
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Mom was still on duty at dark and i expect she will be on incubating duty till dawn; typically behavior for Mom`s.
This is a lovely nest and view so it will be awesome to watch the kids grow :rh:

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Re: Fraser Point - Northern Channel Islands - 2018

Post by Debs » Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:51 pm

Momma Cruz :rh:
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Re: Fraser Point - Northern Channel Islands - 2018

Post by Debs » Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:16 am

March 18, 2018

Morning Fraser Point :bye 1:

We are pip watch at this nest soon we will see some baby chicks here :rh:

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Re: Fraser Point - Northern Channel Islands - 2018

Post by Debs » Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:21 am

may 18 fpt.JPG
May 18 fraser point.JPG

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Re: Fraser Point - Northern Channel Islands - 2018

Post by Debs » Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:27 am

march 18 switch.JPG
march 18 a64.JPG

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Re: Fraser Point - Northern Channel Islands - 2018

Post by Debs » Sun Mar 18, 2018 2:30 pm

Looks like we have a hatch :hatch:

Have not got a good peek at the chick yet the bedding is piled too high
but we heard peeps and part of the shell was removed.
March 18 1242 pm egg shell removed.JPG
Congrats to our Fraser PT Pair :rh:

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Re: Fraser Point - Northern Channel Islands - 2018

Post by Debs » Sun Mar 18, 2018 3:27 pm

Chick was trying to sit up kept falling down lol but we got a peek of its grey fuzzy bob
March 18 307 pm first peek.JPG

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Re: Fraser Point - Northern Channel Islands - 2018

Post by Debs » Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:20 pm

March 19 2018

Early morning feeding for the new baby chick :rh:
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March 19 827 am feeding lil one.JPG

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Re: Fraser Point - Northern Channel Islands - 2018

Post by Debs » Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:24 pm

:vid:

Feeding - Sweet Baby Chick - Fraser Point Bald Eagle Nest - March 19 2018
https://youtu.be/Y3yDAr-KFNM

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Re: Fraser Point - Northern Channel Islands - 2018

Post by Debs » Mon Mar 19, 2018 6:39 pm

There were two nice feedings before dark.
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March 19 714 pm feeding.JPG
March 19 715 pm feeding.JPG

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Re: Fraser Point - Northern Channel Islands - 2018

Post by Debs » Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:04 pm

March 25 2018

I wanted to watch the family today ... unfortunately the cam lens was all fogged up so we could not see too much ... but we could see the triplets were being fed; at least one of the feedings was a tandem feeding by both parents.
march 25 FPT Chicks.JPG
March 25 FPT Chicks being fed.JPG

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