January 1. 2012

WELCOME 2012 SEASON!

Welcome to this thread. Most of the pictures posted early on were of Ma & Pa Stalashen and their offspring but we have discovered other nests so pictures/comments are posted of them.

Please stop by and say Hi. If you visit any of the nests in Sechelt you are welcome to post comments and pictures here.


Stalashen Nest

We have been watching this nest in Sechelt from our living room, through a telescope and binoculars. My husband saw that the nest was being used several years ago but we didn't see the eagles there again until 2008. We have been following it ever since. We have talked to a few of the people living close to the nest and they said that it has been there over 20 years. Unfortunately, it did blow down in July 2009 after a windstorm but we are happy to tell you that the eagles have built a new nest. When the nest blew down one of the eaglets had branched and the 2nd one was fine also, the eagles fed them on a branch before they fledged.
2009 there were 2 eaglets.
2010 1 eaglet "Sunny"
2011 1 eaglet "Bluster"
2012 1 eaglet "Pacer"

Nests in Sechelt:

1. Stalashen Nest -

2009 - 2 eaglets not named
2010 - 1 eaglet Sunny
2011 - 1 eaglet Bluster June 21 Bluster branched
2012 - 1 eaglet Pacer June 27 Pacer branched

2. Chapman Nest located on Sunshine coast Highway (Highway 101) - no confirmation of eaglets this year 2011. No confirmation of eaglets 2012. We see these eagles fly over our house and head down to the nest which isn't far from the water.

3. Kinnikinnick Park Nest- no eaglets seen, not being used right now 2011. No eaglets seen Ma & Pa spotted in trees near the nest July 2012.

4. Porpoise Bay Nest (blew down but we will have to look to see if they rebuilt - I did see eagles flying there a couple of weeks ago). Eagle seen flying in the bay January 2012.

5. Seaview Nest (it is close to Seaview Lane) this is in West Sechelt - 2011 - 2 eaglets seen. No eagles seen there January 1, 2012, Adult in the nest June 2012.
July 26, 2012 one eaglet/juvie spotted on the edge of the nest.

6. Shoreline Nest - 2011 - 2 eaglets seen. Two adults spotted in the perch tree nearby January 1, 2012.
One eaglet spotted June 2012. Two eaglets spotted July 2012.

7. Marsh Nest
- 2012 - 2 eaglets seen July.

Nests in Gibsons:

1. Chaster Nest
2011 - not being used right now.
July 2012 - 2 eaglets seen.




Links to previous seasons.
Click here

Click here

Map of area.


Here's another map showing you where Sechelt is in relation to Vancouver, Whistler and Vancouver Island.


Here is a google map showing A our house and B is where the Stalashen nest is located.







Marg

Here are a few pics that I took through our telescope, the nest is about a mile and a half away.

We can only see them clearly in the morning or evening due to the glare from the water and thermal interference.




Here is a picture of the Stalashen Nest tree.



Chapman Nest.

pic to come....

SAVE THIS SPACE FOR A WHILE

Well done getting the new thread up and running Jan 1!! How encouraging that you have seen eagle activity at Porpoise Bay! We'll have to check it out.

We had a good eagle sighting today also. Drove up to Sargeant Bay and saw the 2 Shoreline Eagles in the tree across the highway but on our return only one in the tree.

Posting pics. later.

Happy New Year Marg and Sandra!
Nice new thread, I like the maps, hopefully all the nest will have eggs in the spring, Happy eagle sightings! Cheers Tina

Hi Tina to the 2012 season! Yes, we hope that all nests on HWF have maybe 3 eggs this year.

Picture of the Seaview nest taken January 1, 2012 - no eagles present (taken from a moving car).



We saw 2 eagles in this tree driving by but on our return only one eagle was there. I believe they were from the Shoreline Nest.

Sorry, not good quality - pics taken from a distance and the weather wasn't great. 2:01p.m.

So glad you saw 2 adults a Shoreline! Passing twice in the dark last week did nothing for sightings for us! :lol:
Now to get confirmation at Seaview.
Good to see you found the new thread Tina! Looking forward to a productive year.