Summary of Travels (last updated November 9, 2021)
- June 7 - banded and received tracker
- July 3 - possibly took first flight from the tree
- July 4-25 - explored the area around the nest tree, with a couple of flights of more than a kilometer, though most were shorter.
- July 26-27 - flew from Parksville to Strathcona Provincial Park - a bit over 100 km
- July 27-28 - flew from Strathcona Provincial Park to Harbledown Island - about 108 km
- July 29-August 1 - explored the area around Telegraph Cove (which was fairly close to Harbledown Island)
- August 2-13 - remained based at Telegraph Cove, but made a couple of trips further up the island
- August 14 - crossed an inlet from north of Port Hardy to north of Sullivan Bay, reaching the mainland
- August 15 - arrived at King Island, a little south of Bella Bella (another flight over 100 km)
- August 18 - arrived at whatever is south of Gil Island (northwest edge of Princess Royal Island?)
- August 19-29 - explored that area and the part of Gil Island across the channel
- August 30-September 2 - made a loop up to McCauley Island, reaching their most northerly point (so far) the morning of August 31
- September 2-9 - back across from the southern end of Gil Island
- September 10-11 - brief excursion to Price Island, then back to the area across from Gil Island, where they stayed until September 22
- September 22-23 - flew a bit less than 100 km down to Susan Island
- September 23-30 - continued heading southeast down the coast, doing a bit of exploring along the way
- October 1 - reached the point north of Sullivan Bay where they crossed over from Vancouver Island and continued southeast, crossing the water above Johnstone Strait on a longer diagonal flight, passing near Harbledown Island on October 4 and checking in from Gold River on October 5
- October 5-8 - flew from Gold River down to Tofino then inland/East to an area south/inland from Dashwood (less than 20 km Parksville)
- October 8-22 - explored the area between Dashwood and Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park
- October 23-24 - flew to the Nanoose Bay area, passing within a few km of the nest but apparently not entering the territory they explored as a fledgling (one can't be sure because data is not recorded continuously; they were southwest of the nest out beyond Errington at 8:02 am on the 23rd and southeast of the nest a bit north of Englishman River Regional Park (or the name on the map) at 1 pm; Lynne has some great posts for October showing the timestamps for various locations that show this very well)
- October 24-30 - in the Nanoose Bay area
It is now November 9, so I suspect TERF10 has gone somewhere with little or no cell service, and with a bit of luck, will be checking in again soon.
(As an aside - I've always accepted "you are" as a perfectly reasonable way to speak to one person or a group of people, and I know that "they are" is becoming more common as a way to speak about one person (or eagle) when the gender is irrelevant or unknown, rather than using "he or she" - and it definitely simplifies sentence structure here - but it still feels a bit awkward to me; I hope it makes sense as you read it.)
A request to those who know this area better than I do - if there's a better way to describe some of the places TERF10 has explored, please let me know. Thank you.