TERF17 (tracked 11/4/21-5/10/23)

[Lynne]

November 23rd TERF17 update
4:01pm - she's back at favorite location, adjacent to parking lot

[Lynne]

November 26th update - at Highland Creek area
10:03am - TERF17 in trees to north of parking lot

[Lynne]

December 1st
10:05am - TERF17 in trees of Highland Creek greenbelt, west of usual locations

[Lynne]

December 7th - continues in Highland Creek area
8:05am - TERF17 in trees next to parking lot

[Lynne]

December 11th -
4pm - along Highland Creek, in the trees

[Lynne]

December 15th - Good Morning TERF17
8am - a little to the north
10am - back to Highland Creek area
sunny, cold day

[Lynne]

December 16th - TERF17 continues along Highland Creek
10:02am - in trees, a little east of 144 St

[Lynne]

December 18th update for TERF17
4:02pm - in trees of Highland Creek

[Lynne]

December 24th - TERF17 check in
10:01am - she's at familiar location of Highland Creek greenbelt

[Lynne]

December 28th
10:01am - TERF17 in the trees of Highland Creek, north of parking area

[Lynne]

January 10th tracker check
10:02am - TERF17 on a break from Highland Creek

[Lynne]

January 29th - TERF17 check in
10:02am - in neighborhood south of usual Highland Creek location

[Lynne]

February 15th - TERF17 goes somewhere a little different
4:01pm - at the bog, north side of Vancouver landfill

[Lynne]

February 21st - TERF17 at Highland Creek location
4:02pm - adjacent parking lot area

[JudyB]

Thanks for your reports, Lynne - she does seem like a busy eagle!

This is a bit off topic, but I'll get to the connection in a minute. One of our newest eagles with a tracker is TERF26/Annie who is an adult female who has traditionally nested in West Vancouver, in the general area of Lighthouse Park - and one of the observers who watch her nest asked if she was the only nesting female we are following.

I don't know the answer to that question (and will check with David Hancock since he has data on a huge number of nests) - but as I looked at our list of eagles with trackers, it occurs to me that TERF17 might indeed have a nest. We know she's almost 8 years old now, and she did seem to spend quite a lot of time in a fairly small area last spring, during the time when eagles generally have eggs and little chicks.

Because she has spent so much time in a fairly small area, it's hard to see through the cluster of lines to find a pattern on our map. However, there is another program that has an option we don't - the organization Movebank, which actually receives all the data from thousands of animals around the world and converts it to a format we can post as a map on our website, also has an app for phones and tablets called Animal Tracker - and it allows you to see just the data for the past two weeks (or to see the data for the past year). I've had the app on my phone for years, so here are two screenshots showing TERF17's movements for the last two weeks, one zoomed in closer than the other (they click bigger).

No way to know for sure unless there are local observers, but she does seem to be spending a lot of time in a fairly small area as egg-laying time in BC approaches.