Ground Observations 2018-2019

[boonibarb]

The 2018-2019 Ground Observations topic begins here today!

To see what happened last year, & find links to the previous seasons, go here.

[boonibarb]

 
i*ve been driving through the neighbourhood looking for Eagles pretty much every day.
Today i was hearing Eagles from my yard!
On my drive through the neighbourhood i spotted THIS Eagle in The Babysitting Tree!
 
october 2 2018 15:24 - Eagle in The Babysitting Tree
 

 

 

 

 

 
link to my fotos page - 
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43214021@N08/

[AJL]

Yay booni, a pretty girl with a dark feather spot!  ♥ 

[boonibarb]

 
october 2 2018 15:24 - tail feather spot
 
 
 

 

 
link to my fotos page - 
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43214021@N08/

[NancyM]

Gorgeous! 

(great photos, booni - is this the new camera?)

[winterwren]

Two returning eagles...

Female-sounding one in the BST, barely visible from the cam; she would have been on the opposite side from that view:
October 3, 12:30







Second eagle atop the WA cam:



Focusing on back feathers here.

[nubchai]

Beautiful photos Booni! 

[boonibarb]

 
i took way too many fotos today, so this will take a bit of time to catch up.
i will start with just this one for now.
This Eagle was making the calls while i was there.
Another Eagle was in Fosters* Fir.
Fotos to come.
(Yes, Nancy)
 
october 3 2018 12:46 - Eagle on the wide angle cam
 

 

link to my fotos page - 
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43214021@N08/

[Tigerlady105]

So nice to see eagles are back!  Thank you booni and wren.   

[boonibarb]

 
Okay, so this post should go BEFORE my first post above.
A friend was at Hidden Beach & caught fotos of this Eagle coming in slowly from above.
Here is what she observed - 3:20 in the afternoon, flew slowly over, very high, I had time to get 5 shots, then banked and took off to the southeast. Never returned while I was there...’til 5ish.
So, this was when we had those snarking northwest winds.
wren posted fotos of the waves that were crashing at Grassy Point, & the sea Birds that seemed to be enjoying the conditions.
In my fotos of this same Eagle in The Babysitting Tree, she is really clinging to her perch branch & the Tree is rocking from side to side & i am having trouble keeping her in the camera frame because of the movement.
In stevi*s foto, you can see the breaks in the zipping of the primary & secondary wing feathers on her right side.
We are seeing these same breaks in the wing primaries of the Eagle perched on the wide angle camera.
i thought it was cool that stevi caught her flying in from Hidden Beach!
Then i lucked out & caught her in The Babysitting Tree not long after!
 
october 2 2018 15:20 - Eagle over Hidden Beach - by stevi kittleson
 

 

 
link to my fotos page - 
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43214021@N08/

[boonibarb]

 
Continuing from where i left off above.
 
october 3 2018 12:50 - Eagle on the wide angle cam
 


She was making two note calls.
 


Calling.
 


Checking me out.
& not alarmed at all.
 


Looking towards mishi*s Tree/Niner territory.
 

 
link to my fotos page - 
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43214021@N08/

[boonibarb]

 
i carried on to check out the rest of the neighbourhood to see if someone else was around.
i found THIS Eagle in Fosters* Fir.
 
october 3 2018 13:06 - Eagle in Fosters* Fir
 

 


They always look like they*re seeing something & are upset & about to take off, but then they don*t.
Not at all sure what they are seeing.
 

 


& here again.
This time seeing something near the water.
 

 
link to my fotos page - 
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43214021@N08/

[boonibarb]

 
i can hear the Eagle on the wide angle cam still making her two note calls.
 
october 3 2018 13:07 - Eagle in Fosters* Fir
 

 

 

 


A good-lookin* Eagle!
 

 
link to my fotos page - 
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43214021@N08/

[boonibarb]

 
i carried on through my drive-by route.
There was no one in The Peters* Tree.
i was excited to see what looked like a skinny youngster in The His & Hers Tree!
 
october 3 2018 13:14 - Great Blue Heron in The His & Hers Tree
 

 


Preening.
 


You can hear the Eagle on the wide angle camera calling during this video of the Great Blue Heron.
 
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9IzQXfVtu4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9IzQXfVtu4</a>
 
link to my fotos page - 
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43214021@N08/

[jeavverhey]

  The observations of local residents are both helpful and reassuring to me. I think returning eagles are a bit early this year? I love the ID referrences - dark tail feather, white mark on dad, etc. And of course, a picture is worth a thousand words    Thank you Wren and Booni, friends and neighbours, for sharing your magical island with all of us.