Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:48 pm

The female in the tall perch tree across from the nest tree on York Pl. taken from the bleachers at the ball field beside the fire hall.
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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Oct 31, 2018 8:08 pm

Yesterday Marie saw a pair of adults on Trial Island, thinking they were the pair from the Sylvan Lane nest. She also saw the pair from the golf course perched together in one of their perch trees on the golf course.
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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by elle » Thu Nov 01, 2018 6:43 pm

All three pairs accounted for. Wonderful!
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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by elle » Fri Nov 02, 2018 8:40 pm

A white head was seen in the Landsdowne/Beach Drive Nest this afternoon.

2 eagles side by side on a small island off the Oak Bay Marina.

One eagle on the post on Trial Island.
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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:19 pm

I was wandering around Dallas Rd. and Beach Dr. waterfront today looking for the brown pelican; again it was a no show :(
A fellow at Clover Pt. saw it through his spotting scope flying towards the area where the Chinese cemetery is. I went to McNeill Pt. before going to the cemetery area but didn't see it there.

While wandering around the cemetery area, I looked up and saw 2 eagles perched at the top of a tree near the Sylvan Lane nest. They were still there when I walked along the road by the Gonzales Hill parking lot then 1 flew off towards the nest tree. When I drove down the lane I saw both of them perched in the nest tree. I'll post some photos later.
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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:53 pm

Sylvan Lane eagles, taken from the Chinese Cemetery. I had my zoom lens fully extended and the photo has been cropped.
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These 2 photos were taken from Denison Rd., the road above Sylvan Lane.
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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:58 pm

A few more taken from Denison Rd.
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Whispering sweet nothings in her ear :rh:
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One of the eagles had just flown off towards the nest tree.
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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:01 pm

The nest.
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Both eagles perched in the nest tree.
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I think that is the female on the left, preening.
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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:18 pm

I did a tour of the Oak Bay nests yesterday with a friend. When we arrived at the Lansdowne/Beach Dr. nest there were a lot of big trucks around the area. We viewed the nest from the street behind and I thought I could see some white between the branches around the nest. A few minutes later an eagle jumped up onto the branch beside the nest.
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When we walked around to the front of the nest on Beach Dr. we saw the source of all the noise.
This is the lot on Lansdowne behind the nest property. More noise and disruption for the eagles :angry:
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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:22 pm

Another view of the lot behind the nest tree property.
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The male in the nest tree watching the trucks.
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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:43 pm

Our next stop was the Marina where I spotted both eagles perched on top of their usual perch trees on York Pl. By the time we drove over to Prospect Pl. the eagle at the top of the Sequoia tree had disappeared.
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The nest taken from Prospect Pl.
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The eagle across York Pl. from the nest tree.
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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:45 pm

The eagle was busy preening, watching us and looking in the direction of their nest behind the fire hall. We drove over there but did not see the 2nd eagle.
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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:10 pm

Our next stop was the golf course nest. We didn't see or hear any eagles in the area so I stood across the road to take a few photos of the nests. The first 2 photos are the lower nest from different vantage points.
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This is the original upper nest.
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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:12 pm

I had said to my friend that I hadn't seen any eagles in the big Sequoia perch tree across the road for quite some time. I walked a few meters down the street, turned around and was surprised to see an eagle perched half hidden in the big tree.
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Re: Oak Bay Eagles, Oak Bay BC - 2018/2019 Season

Post by sassyk » Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:38 pm

We did not see or hear any eagles around the Anderson Hill nests but did not go up to Anderson Hill to look at Trial Isl. I took a photo of their newer nest on the private road.
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The nest on Sylvan Lane was our last stop yesterday. We did not see or hear any eagles in the area but they could have been out on Trial Isl. I took a couple of photos of the nest tree while I was there. I like the way the branches have grown above the nest.
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We chatted with one of the neighbours down the road from the nest tree and he said he saw one of the eagles flying in with a young otter a few years ago :(
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