TERF27 (tracked 12/2/22-7/16/23)

[JudyB]

Link to TERF27's Tracking Map (As of August 19, 2023, points on the map before July 16 are for TERF27; the tracker was then taken to Hancock Wildlife's office for a while, and redeployed on TERF27a on August 12, 2023; we will have the maps split up soon, but currently both eagles are on one map.)

TERF27 was released from OWL (the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Delta BC) on December 2, so I am listing that as the banding date. I will be adding more info and pictures when I get them.


Update - February 25, 2023

Myles has added more information to the master banding/tagging records; here's what we now know:

BAEA22-58 - TERF27
Banding Date: December 2, 2022
USFW Band #: 1098-03718 (right leg)
ID: Blue marker X over 1 on its left leg
Rescued: by OWL from Ladner, BC, on October 29 as a result of a fight with another eagle
Age: adult
Eye color: light yellow
Sex: Male


Here are a few pictures of TERF27; it looks as if there may be a spot on his head that's healing, possibly a result of the fight that led to his time at OWL; these all click much bigger.

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August 19, 2023

I'm not quite sure how an eagle can slip through the cracks, but this one did - and that's not true - the fact of the matter is that I am overextended here, and Lynne was waiting for me to post the info I had before adding her maps, and it's 8 months later, and I'm only just getting to this, mostly because the tracker has now been re-deployed as TERF27a on a fledgling from West Vancouver.

Quick summary - we followed TERF27, an adult male eagle, for 7-1/2 months, from December 2, 2022, until July 16, 2023, when he ended up at OWL. All I found out was that the eagle wasn't in good shape when he was rescued, and probably didn't survive, since the tracker was returned to David Hancock. During the time we tracked him, he split his time between the landfill in Delta, and Westham Island, home of the Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary and the Alaksen National Wildlife Area. The two areas aren't far apart as the eagle flies, maybe 14km/9mi apart.

I think Lynne has some information to add, so I'll let her know that I'm done for now.

Adding a map of TERF27's travels:

The initial line from the lower right starts near David Hancock's house, where HWF has its offices; not sure if the eagle was released from there, or if the tracker was turned on before it was placed on the eagle.