One of the Lochside eagles was perched at the top of a tree down the road from their nest. Click bigger.

Looking in the direction of the nest.


Looking at skate-boarders going by.


Looking at me!

I visited the Lochside eagle nest today with Sharon (gemini) and Vicki (vickrb). We did not see any action in the nest and it looked like it hadn't been built up much since last season. We saw 2 adult eagles soaring high over the field across the road and a few minutes later noticed one of their perch tree down by the water. One of their perch trees was broken off. There was a crow pestering Dad while he was trying to preen. Click bigger.

Dad preening in the perch tree down by the water. Click bigger.

Evening Friends

Mom & Dad Lochside enjoy your rest this season

2012 Fundraising Drive & Update

Many of you are aware that Hancock Wildlife Foundation (HWF) is currently conducting their 2012 Fundraising Drive and I have offered to lend a hand and update everyone on our Fundraising efforts thus far ... where we are now and how far we have to go yet.

First and foremost on behalf of David Hancock and the entire Hancock Wildlife Foundation family it is my pleasure to extend our warmest thanks to each and everyone of you for your continued support .... your contributions in time and in donations keep this forum family thriving and without your support we would surely have to close its doors.

The forum and the cams provides all of us with a unique opportunity to share in the wonder of wildlife and to visit with our friends both feathered and human :-) here on the forum. So thanks again for all that you do to support Hancock Wildlife Foundation you truely are the heart and soul of our HWF community.

There are some amazing things planned for 2012 and if you have not yet seen the Needs List yet here is the link to the list:

forum/viewtopic.php?topic=356429#356429

As you can see HWF really needs $100,000 to make all those dreams realities!

Currently we have raised about $11,000 that means we still have a shortfall of $89,000 for 2012

The funds raised to-date includes all donations received between November 2011 to June 2012 so you can see although we have made some pretty good progress we still need to raise $89,000 to achieve our fundraising goal for this year.

I am not sure if you are aware of this ...but HWF is a not for profit organization; they do not receive any grants or government funding they rely purely on donations to keep the forum and cams streaming so your support is truely needed.

There are efforts underway to secure some corporate sponsors to help us meet our financial targets but it's a work in progress. If you have any corporate contacts that you believe would be willing to donate or sponsor HWF please contact me or anyone of our volunteers and we will certainly ensure that your tip or referral is followed up on. Please include all contact information to facilitate that process.

The birds will soon be leaving their nesting areas providing David with a very short window of opportunity to visit each site and perform cam maintenance and do any upgrades and/or installations, which must be completed before the birds return. So if you have not yet made your donation or if you can donate a bit more please consider making it asap so that the equipment can be ordered and delivered to meet this short timeline.

To make your donation click on the link below

staticpages/index.php/HowToDonateToHWF_Fast

Thank you to those of you that have donated already. To those of you that cannot afford to make a donation right now we thank you for your continued support.

Together we make a difference and as a team we create magic and keep our HWF family united

In closing on behalf of our forum family I would also like to extend our warmest thanks to David Hancock for his dream brought us all together and David is responsible for keeping us connected and for educating so many ... warmest thanks David from all of us here...you are the best.

As donations come in we will keep you updated so that we can celebrate our progress together as a family!

Now lets create some magic together ...... Lets Go Team Lets Go



PS Sorry for being long winded...next update will be shorter I promise!

On my way home from Sidney this morning I saw one of the Lochside eagles perched in a tree down the road from their nest tree. The other adult was perched in the tree at the back of the nest property when I drove by but wasn't there by the time I found somewhere to park and walked back to the nest property. I didn't see any eaglets in this nest this season Click pics bigger.

Looking out towards the water.

I went by the Lochside nest yesterday and according to a friend who visits the property owner there has been no sign of any eagles in the area for over a week. Their big perch tree down by the water is no longer there; it was leaning out over the beach and I'm assuming it is now lying on the beach. I wish the eagles well on their travels to the salmon feast up north and hope they return happy & healthy and produce eaglets next spring

Calling on all our talented Screen Cappers

Do you have a favorite screen capture of our very own Ma & Pa's

Ma & Pa Delta2
Ma & Pa Lafarge
Ma & Pa White Rock



If you do.... and would like to share it with us please send it to my email - Debs571@hotmail.com - with the subject heading HWF Screen Capture Contest, no later than noon Sunday - August 26, 2012

Pick your best screen capture as my email only has so much room.

When submitting your screen capture please include the following information:

Your screen name and contact information
In the subject line of your email state that its for the "HWF Screen Capture Contest" so that your email does not go into the junk or spam folder
When your capture was taken and at what Hancock Wildlife Nest (although we will likely be able to tell please include this information)
Images must be JPEG saved and no larger than 500 pixels
The screen capture must be "raw" without any enhancements; text or animations
The nest must be part of the capture

We would also like some screen captures that include some of our famous HWF kids or bobbleheads with or without the parents in the screen capture
and preferably taken when the chicks were just a few days old.

This Screen Capture Contest is for screen captures only no professional pictures this time around.

Although we would love to promote everyone's favorite screen capture ... as they are all "keepers" we can only select a few from this contest, which will then be used in an upcoming promotion so good luck to you all.

We will keep all screen captures on file for future HWF promotions so you never know when your favorite capture may be used in the future.

Thanks for participating and we look forward to seeing your beautiful screen captures!

Last week when we drove by the Lochside Nest we saw a mature bald eagle nestorating in the nest so presumed it had to be one of the Lochside pair. Today we caught what is likely the female preening on her favourite perch by the waterside. She preened and contorted for quite some time, at least 10 minutes.
Got loads of stills in various seemingly impossible positions and also many videos.
( A new thread has not been opened for this year so I presume we are just carrying on with the existing one.)
Click each pic twice
Getting ready to preen


I see dirty tail feathers


Tongue at the ready


A VIDEO OF THE PREENING- CLICK LINK BELOW

CLICK HERE Lochside Eagle Preening