SIDNEY, BC ~ 2011

SusanE · **Posted:** Fri Dec 31, 2010 4:13 pm

PLEASE START YOUR NEW 2011 POSTS HERE! :canada

Cam Links: Close-up:

. . . Wide Angle:

Nest location: Sidney (southeastern tip of Vancouver Island), British Columbia, Canada, on private property not far from Patricia Bay, near the Victoria International Airport.

PattiO · **Posted:** Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:13 pm

I caught both Sidney adults the other day ... can't remember if I posted these in 2010 or not ... so here they are again. :)

SusanE · **Posted:** Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:40 am

Thank you, PattiO! :wavingsnowgirl:

beans · **Posted:** Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:24 pm

Last night's storm moved the wide angle camera. So far, the close up camera is OK.

beans · **Posted:** Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:34 pm

Video: Get Away From My Nest!

No tolerance for trespassers violating the Sidney Eagles' air space!

SusanE · **Posted:** Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:55 pm

Love hearing them vocalize. Thanks, beans.

beans · **Posted:** Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:03 am

Video: Welcome Home Sidney Bald Eagles

PattiO · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:50 pm

I caught Dad, I think, on the nest this evening. :)

beans · **Posted:** Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:53 pm

Video: High Alert & Calls at the Sidney Nest

Unabridged visit to the nest.

SusanE · **Posted:** Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:31 pm

Nice to see two eagles here, so there should be eggs and eaglets in the future. :loveshow:

bev. · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:04 am

Please keep Pa from Sidney in your prayers.

He appears to have fishing wire wrapped around his neck. Hoping something will be done here.

http://www.hancockwildlife.org/forum/vi ... 5&page=204

A dark line was spotted around his neck days ago. He looked O.K. but ground observers took shots and looked through binoculars and saw the line.
A few shots of both at nest yesterday

Pa in mid nest

Ma comes in shortly after and is eating at 2, Pa in mid nest

Pa at 12 (can see mark) and Ma at mid nest

Ma at mid nest just after Pa flew out

Ma jsut before she flew off

SusanE · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:14 am

Oh, this just breaks my heart. :valcry:

beans · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:53 pm

Oh dear... I hope there are good rehabbers in the area who can help. The question: how to catch an eagle? One can capture a bird which is grounded, but catching one in the air is tricky. You don't want to break their wings. But it is essential that the fishing line be removed. I've seen birds entangled in the line at the hospital. The good news is that most of these birds were successfully treated and released.

beans · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:29 pm

Video: Fishing Line around Dad Sidney’s Neck?

First to arrive, last to leave, Dad Sidney seems to be watching for intruders. The line around his neck has been confirmed by the extraordinary pictures taken by the ground crew.

I wonder how many other birds in the area have been entangled by fishing line? A good education program is needed to prevent future tragedies. Let's not let human error contribute to the difficulty of wildlife's already precarious existence. Once people know, it is hoped they will do the right thing: pick up their fishing line and take it home. And don't dispose of it in municipal dumps, which are filled with gulls.

SusanE · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:19 pm

Amen to that.

PattiO · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:03 pm

I've been keeping up on the Hancock forum... David is putting plans in place to bait Pa so they can get a better/closer look at him. David is now thinking it may be a 'battle wound' and not fishing line. There was another eagle spotted in the area and Pa had an altercation with it.

The good thing is there are plenty of on-site ground observers and they are taking things step by step, day by day. Pa doesn't seem to be having any trouble flying/eating/nestorating ... so that's good!!

I missed seeing him on the nest today ... but I did get a pic of Ma.

beans · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:50 pm

Links to updates:

Links to updates:

1) http://www.hancockwildlife.org/article. ... neyUpdate1
2) http://www.hancockwildlife.org/article. ... neyUpdate2
3) http://www.hancockwildlife.org/article. ... neyUpdate3

SusanE · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:35 am

Gee, normally I would not be thrilled with a neck wound, but in this case, I sure hope it is -- and not fishing line! Thanks Patti and beans for sharing the news.

Beth · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:21 am

Thanks for the updates ladies...

bev. · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:33 pm

Sorry , I have not posted updates. I have been keeping tabs on the nest. adn with my slow computer is is not easy.

My good friend Elle and her husband Ian and Kay are the ground crew observers.

Kay has posted several pictures of Pa on the site and Daved (not hancock) went out and took pcitures also

Yesterday dad and mom were at the nest quite a bit restoring. the day before Pa had to chase off an intruder.
At this time it is not confirmed jsut what his neck injury is. It does appear to go righto around the left side also and I think (IMHO) that the line is to clean to be a wound from a fight. It does appear to be from some sort of line which is either still there or maybe he removed it.
everyone is being very guarded with their remarks becasue it is not sure at this point just what it is.

Pa seems to be able to move head freely and did eat ravenously when Elle was there.

Click on the site and forum Kays picutres and keep watching becasue Daved later now show more of the wound.

http://www.hancockwildlife.org/forum/vi ... 5&page=215

Elle and Ian are going today to try and set up a feeding station so that Pa can try and catch Pa in a bow net.

I will give you the link to where the picutres are posted and then post a few of mine form yesterday

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