Tracking TERF17a

Post by **JudyB** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:53 am

Link to TERF17a's Tracking Map

work in progress

More details coming soon!

BAEA24-61 - TERF17a
Banding Date: February 19, 2024
USFW Band #: 1098-03726
ID: Black/Yellow F1
Age:
Eye color:
Sex:

From the data I've seen, I think TERF17a is a juvenile male eagle who was trapped and received a tracker at the landfill in Delta, BC, on February 19, 2024.

This may be a bit confusing for a couple of days - we had assigned the designation TERF17a to an eaglet banded and tagged as a nestling in 2023, and that youngster (now known as Mud Bay Chick/TERF17x) did not survive to leave the nest area.

Our new TERF17a has started heading north, so we're setting up the pages for recording his travels - but it may take a couple of days before everything is sorted out.

Post by **JudyB** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:53 am

reserved

Post by **JudyB** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:53 am

reserved

Post by **JudyB** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:53 am

reserved

Post by **JudyB** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:18 pm

Adding a couple of pictures for the record before we reset the map to follow our new TERF17a.

The dot in the map below is where the Mud Bay Chick's nest is; after the tracker was recovered, it was brought back to Hancock Wildlife's headquarters, which is just above the border with the US.

I don't know if TERF17a was taken back to HWF to be banded and have the tracker put on and then flew briefly down into Washington and back to the landfill, or if the banding was done near the Delta landfill. I'm reasonably certain that the data points at Delta then heading north are TERF17a's.

Post by **JudyB** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:28 pm

Reserved in case there's anything I missed.

I'll try to get the map updated in the next day or two, and please feel free to post about his travels in the meantime.

Post by **Lynne** » Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:00 pm

February 29th - TERF17a farther north to Sunshine Coast, at Sechelt, east side of waste management site

Post by **Lynne** » Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:59 pm

March 4th - north to Texada Island
8am - at Blubber Bay

Post by **Lynne** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:42 pm

TERF17a traveling north
March 2 - 7 on Texada Island
March 7 5pm - north to Savary Island
March 8 7am - across water to Sunshine Coast, south of Lund
11am -farther north
4pm - across water to Stuart Island

Post by **Lynne** » Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:54 pm

March 15th update - TERF17a northwest of Prince Rupert - to Melville Island; close to Alaska
seems to be taking the outer island/coastal route

Post by **Lynne** » Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:14 pm

March 18th update - still north of Prince Rupert, south of Alaska
March 16 2:22pm - east across the water, tiny islet along coast, part of tidal zone
5pm- slightly north, along bluff
March 17th - short distance along bluff
March 18th 11:01am - farther north, closer to Georgetown Mills