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This is a new thread ..Added Feb.22 .2017 I think you will all find it very helpful! I am keeping this thread locked and will add to it as necessary... If you have any suggestions .Please let me or JudyB know ..thank you !

History of the H Mills Nest


The Harrison Mills bald eagle nest is 175 feet up a huge Douglas fir - on the 10th green of the Sandpiper Golf Course at Pretty Estates Resort - and the folks at Pretty Estates have named the adults Mr. and Mrs. Honeycomb, in the Penthouse Nest.

For David Hancock's history of the Harrison Mills nest read his lengthy article. I suggest printing it to read at your leisure: forum/viewtopic.php?topic=575875#575875

2013 was the first year we watched this nest, and while there were some occasional eagle visits, Mr. and Mrs. Honeycomb didn't arrive until mid March (see here for a possible reason). They promptly set to work, fixed up the nest, and laid two eggs four days apart, both of which hatched four days apart. Both Birdie and Bogey did well for a couple of weeks, though little Bogey was always visibly smaller, but then Birdie started a major growth spurt and there were a few days with less food - which meant that there was none left for the now much smaller chick; little Bogey died when he/she was 23 days old. Birdie thrived, and fledged successfully. He was seen flying down near the river - and did return to the nest for a couple of quick visits before heading off to see the world. You can read all about the 2013 nesting season here - Harrison Mills 2013 Observations and Discussion.

The 2014 nesting season was different - you can read all about the 2014 nesting season here - Harrison Mills 2014 Observations and Discussion. Mrs. Honeycomb only laid one egg, and though both parents incubated it diligently, it didn't hatch. We were all a bit heartbroken - but do know this may also be part of the natural way of things. IrishEyes put together a great summary of the 2014 nesting season - Part 1 and Part 2

The 2015 nesting season was wonderful..Mom Honeycomb laid two eggs and both hatched...... they were named Driver and Putter....The Honeycombs knew the area better and there was no shortage of food.....both chicks fledged successfully.....
You can read all about the 2015 nesting season here Harrison Mills 2015 nest season

2016 was another great season ~~ Mom laid two eggs again and both hatched,, they were named Sandy and Piper ..sadly Piper passed away at 3 days old and to Quote Judy B
There was no aggression any of us saw, he got to look around and see the world for a few days, and have a bit of fish, and is spending his final time curled up with Sandy and snuggled by Mom. I wish he didn't have to leave so soon - but if he must, this is not a bad way to go. Sadly Pretty Estates was sold on April 5 2016...

You can read all about 2016 Here

2016 - 2017 Nesting Season.

Parents return home..... Mom Honeycomb is home Oct.12 at 7:39am

Maybe Mom and Dad Honeycomb on Mom's perch Oct.19 at 7:22am

Mom and Dad Honeycomb on the nest Oct.21 at 9:48am

The Honeycombs visit the nest Oct.23

Winter Break

The Honeycombs were last see on the nest Dec 3 2016 LOOK HERE

There were sightings of what we think were the H's on Mom's perch


Dec.4 2016.. Cams are down since 2:06am ... ? Power Bump... the cameras will likely recycle and come back on it's own. As usual that may take some time.

Dec. 6 at 9:59a.. N Cam is back .. It took approx. 57 hours for the N Cam to recycle and come back on its on its own

Dec.8 at 10:39am... N Cam is down.. and so far the S Cam never did come back since Dec .4

Dec. 9 at 9:36am.. N Cam is back .. there is snow on the nest .S Cam is still not back

Sunday Dec.11... N Cam is down at 11:33am.. S Cam is down since Dec.4

Monday .Dec.12 N Cam is back at 7:38am.. No zooming until 10:34am....No sign of the H's at that time..

South Cam is back..Jan.27..2017 3:30p... It took 7 weeks for this cam to recycle and come back on its own

Honeycombs are home

Feb.13..7:07am

Mom spent her first night on the nest March 24 ..Mom spent second night on the nest March 25

Mom spent third night on the nest March26....Mom spent fourth night on the nest March 27

Eggs laid ..Mom Honeycomb laid her first egg at 7:50pm// Tuesday... March 28 at 7:50pm

Video with thanks to gemini... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7j_l9I ... e=youtu.be\


Intruder at H Mills Nest.. Egg left alone ..March 29..2017


Comments by JudyB

Mom Honeycomb laid her second egg sometime after 10:33pm March 31 and it was seen on April 1 at 9:16a

March 30. .2017

Better day at H Mills .... you can read all about

Here


Dad Honeycomb gone 19 hours ... Mom Honeycomb was on the nest .. It was raining and miserable night and day!

Dad brings Mom a fish at 7:45pm April 4.2017

Dad is back April 5 at 2:45pm

Intruder at H Mills Nest .April 11 at 5:39pm.

Videos of the Intruder

?Intruder at the nest April 19 at 8:10am

Intruder at nest April 19 at 8:27pm


April 24..maybe Mom was dealing with a ?intruder of nest . or maybe Mom needed some time off nest after being on it all night from 4:09pm yesterday to 5:49am this morning ..Mom was gone 9 hours .... Dad was on the nest ..it is a warm day


Eggs Hatched.. Egg #1 .. 37 days .. hatched May 4 at 2:55pm .. Video with thanks to Judy B
Hatching Is Hard Work (4 min)

Egg #2 ..36 days... seen on May 6 at 2:01am .... seen by Yolande forum/viewtopic.php?topic=975179#975179

Checked the archives from the last post on May 5 up to 2:01am on May 6 and Mom didn't move of the eggs

Videomark with thanks to Bev /Irish Eyes. http://www.wildearth.tv/videomark/egg-2-has-hatched

May 8.. Betty Anne named the chicks.. Chick #1 is Bunker........Chick #2 is Divot ..

Dad Honeycomb on the nest June10 at 5:01pm

We didn't see Dad again until

Dad made brief appearance June 20 at 12:52pm


4:51pm ..June 29..No sign of Mom since June 28 at 1:18pm

forum/viewtopic.php?topic=1003958#1003958

Mom on the nest July1 at 5:46am with a fish

Two Adults in the Babysitting Tree on the corner July 2 at 9:16pm ... with thanks to Darlene

Branching...One let branching July 11 at 11am.. chicks are little over 9 weeks old 68 & 66days.

Someone is def.branching here at 5:19pm ..July 11.. Chicks are a little over 9 weeks old.. 68 & 66 days

Bunker is def. branching on the BB ..July 12 7:39am H /S is 69 days old


Divot branched July 17 at 6:26am h/s is 10 weeks + 2 days old or 72 days


Fledged....Bunker Fledged about 10:13 am on July 28 ..She was 12 weeks +1 day old or 85 days

Videomark by Bev aka Irish Eyes

Video by Judy B

Post By Darlene

Divot is below the nest July 31 at 5:47am

Divot returns to the nest July 31 at 4:02pm.. Start here

Bunker retuned to the nest at 8:15am August 2 .Start here

Divot fledged Friday ..August 4 at 1 :13pm..... Divot was 12 weeks + 6days or 90 days

Video with thanks to Darlene

Videomark with thanks to Bev.....aka Irish Eyes

Last seen.
Dad.. Dad made brief appearance June 20 at 12:55pm

Bunker .. Bunker on the nest with Divot Aug. 10 and both left at 5:15pm
We did hear Bunker after she left !

Mom....Mom on the nest Aug 12 with a fish for Divot ..Mom left...Divot spent the night

but we heard Mom a few times after that .we believe she was waiting to migrate with Divot.

Divot... Divot spent the night on the nest August 13 and left on Aug. 14 at 5:29am...we heard Mom that day also !

ADDED'


First sighting of two eagles Sept.23...Darlene saw two eagles perched in the trees overlooking the river

Video with thanks to Darlene. Eagle flying by nest

Sept.25...By Darlene
7:54 Video of the evening eagles! First some calling, then an eagle lands in the bottom left corner of the cam in the babysitting tree, then 2 eagles in a tree across the 10th green from the nest, close to the road. They were both still there when it got too dark to see!

2 eagles

Oct. 3 by Darlene !

Eagle flying towards the nest

Two eagles on the stacking tree by Darlene


Judy B's "The Story of the River " that Judy and her husband Charlie sang at FF 2015 and written by Judy B..
Thanks Judy

The Story of the River by Judy B

This is another Excellent Article by Judy B.

Impact of Sibling Rivalry As Seen on Web Cams
Friday, January 31 2014 @ 07:20 PM AST
Contributed by: JudyB
HERE


Mom feeding Piper and Sandy... courtesy Judy B


Handsome Sandy .. 13 weeks old.. courtesy Yolande

Nest Adoptions for 2017/2018 are now available!

In the 2017 nesting season (September 2016-August 2017) this nest has been adopted by:

~ IrishEyes
~ Kyle and Neil Hardy
~ amd/Michelle
~ Pat Petzing
~ Gail and Ivan Morris
~ The "Special Lady"
~ Ian Maione
~ JudyB
~ David and Sandra
~ Mike and Diana
~ Y.A. Proctor
~ Deb Stecyk
~ Dmitch
~ Anonymous

Previous Year's Adoptions

2013
2014
2015
2015-2016

You too can honor your favorite fine feathered family -
and support the work of Hancock Wildlife -
by adopting the HWF nest of your choice -

Click HERE to see how!

How to tell who is who -

Mrs Honeycomb has a band on her right leg, and appears to have a feather missing on the right side of her tail; it may have broken - sometimes it looks as if I can see the top part of it.


(Picture courtesy of IrishEyes)


Mrs Honeycomb was banded by O.W.L. as a full adult in the spring of 2001 - so she will be at least 21 years old in spring 2016; you can read the rest of her story from David Hancock here - A Good Eagle Story.


Mr Honeycomb has a dark stripe on the edge of one of his ltail feathers:

About the Area and the Cams

The 2 PTZ cams offer fantastic views of the eagle activity on the Chehalis - Harrison Flats to the North East. The cams also see where the Chehalis Fish Cam is situated - and later - where the Eagle Cafe will be!

Map of the area (thanks, terrytvgal, for finding this!)



Map of the Sandpiper Golf Course with thanks to Gail Morris


The view from the nest, with a special guest appearance from 2013 eaglet Birdie! (clicks bigger)


Driver and Putter on the Baby Sitting Branch..Aug.2 , 2015.


Link to David Hancock's report on the installation of the cams in 2012

Link to pictures by Karen Bills of the cam installation (that is one big tree!)


A bit of information about our ptz cam operations.

Our zoomers have been requested to keep the zoom cam and the embedded cam open simultaneously. There is a delay from the time they zoom the cam and the time you see it so they need to see when the change takes place before moving the camera again.

Having two windows open on their screen, which may be all they can fit on their monitor, they can't always read what is being posted at the forum at that time. If you post that you want the zoom changed or the panning changed our zoomers are not aware of your request until after they leave zooming and open the forum window again.

Our own zoomers are not the only people who can access our cam controls. The landowners have access to change the zoom/pan which takes it out of our control. David and Ken can also change the cam at any given time without our knowledge. It is not always our own zoom team on the cameras.

Our zoomers are experienced eagle observers. If the cam zooms in closely they may be checking on the health of a chick/adult, checking food items, checking markings on an adult (eg: Delta Dad has a small spot next to his pupil on the right eye which identifies him from Mom), checking beaks/feet which may change colour if eagles are poisoned, and panning the area checking for intruders and watching eaglets once they learn to branch. Many times observations which may be of concern are reported to David Hancock for his biology records.

We wish we could accommodate all requests to have the camera in the exact spot each of you want it to be but that is impossible.

Perches on the H Mills Cams.Cl. for bigger

North Cam



ADDED Incoming Branch by Yolande ... when I created the others this branch was not being used !


Incoming Branch 2

South Cam






ADDED July 25 by Irish Eyes

Incoming branch # 2 on the S Cam






The following link is posted on the 1st page of the Hatchery Forum, and may help identify which salmon are running and when. For those of you who are interested, and who may have missed seeing the link, here it is again. Thanks Yolande !

http://www.chehalis-hatchery.shawbiz.ca/lifecycle.htm

Also, here is a link to birds found in the Chehalis Estuary - it is not as nearly as comprehensive as the link Bev posted, since it refers only to birds found in our particular area - but I have found it helpful from time to time. [didn't need it for the jays lol]

http://www.fraservalleybirding.com/Arti ... ehalis.htm

I am adding this link that shows the five species of salmon in BC

http://www.bcsalmon.ca/wild-bc-salmon/f ... on-species

Added
For inf. purposes ........Mom Honeycomb will be 22 years old this year.... 2017 ......we don't know how old Dad Honeycomb is.

Closing remarks from David Hancock:

So now we have more details -- Chapter 2 of hopefully many! Our big lady was banded in June, 2001 as a full adult and released after she had completed about 2 months of rehabilitation following collision with a car. So this bird was now a minimum 17 years old when she came to the Harrison Mills nest. She had survived a battle with a vehicle but been found by people who cared. Then again, if my suspicions are correct, she is the female from the Morris Valley nest, she has had another run-in with humans -- this time with disturbing chain saws, consecutive work crews and helicopters -- and again survived. No wonder our eagles have been increasing. Once we changed our attitude and considered predators good icons, essential indicators of how healthy an ecosystem is, they rebounded with the very virility our Harrison Mills pair was continuing to show.

Time Lines.

Time Line for 2013-2017

Mom has a history of spending a night or two on the on the nest before she lays her first egg. I will include that also

2013

Mom spends the night on the nest April 3

Egg #1 laid April 4..at 8:24pm.... ......... Egg # 2 laid April 8 at 7:44pm

Egg # 1 Hatched May 10 at 6:07pm ...# 2 May 14...at 2:52pm ...both at 36 days.. Interesting to note that Dad was on the nest for both hatches !

They were named Birdie and Bogey

Sad News: Food was scarce.... Bogey died June 6, at 5:09 am;9 ( 3 weeks old ) he or she made a valiant effort, but the older eaglet was enough bigger and stronger to prevent the younger one from being fed.

Birdie Fledged successfully !


2014

Mom spends night on the nest March 23

Mom sleeps on the nest again March 26

.One egg.....laid April 4 at 8:48pm ....... No Hatch

2015

Mom Honeycomb spends the night on the nest March 5

This was the year Mom and Dad didn't take a Winter Break ?? Did that have something to do with the earlier laying of their eggs ?.

Egg # 1 March 24. at 8:58pm .........Egg #2 March 28 at 6:09pm

Egg # 1 hatched April 29 at 4:10pm ( 36days.)......Egg # 2 May 3. at 2:34am (36days )

They were named Driver and Putter ..Both fledged

2016

Mom spend the night on the nest March 31, 2016

Eggs Laid ~~ Egg # 1 April 3, 2016 at 8:21pm ..... Egg # 2 April 7 , 2016 at 5:07pm

Egg # 1 Hatched..May 9 at 6:27pm... 36days..Named Sandy.... She /he fledged successfully

Egg #2 11:11 am 13th May...35 days .... Name - Piper .... Sadly Piper died 16th May


2017

Mom spends first night on the nest March 24 ..10:01pm

Mom spent second night on the nest March 25

Mom spent third night on the nest March26

Mom spent fourth night on the nest March 27[/b]

Eggs laid ~~ Egg #1 at March 28 at 7:50pm ........

Mom Honeycomb laid her second egg sometime after 10:33pm March 31 and it was seen on April 1 at 9:16a

Egg # 1.. 37days old hatched May 4 at 2:55 pm.... Named Bunker

Egg #2 ..36 days... seen on May 6 at 2:01am ... Named Divot

Both Fledged successfully! Interesting to note Dad Honeycomb was missing since June 20 and Mom Honeycomb looked after Bunker and Divot with some help from the Fish Fairy !

* It is also interesting that the Honeycombs lay their eggs 4 days apart or close to it..... except for 2017

Here are the return dates of Mom and Dad Honeycomb

2013-2014 Nesting Season

Parents Return:

Mrs Honeycomb was first seen on the nest Oct.3 at 7:38am..

Mr Honeycomb was first seen on the nest Oct.18..at 9:32 am


2014-2015 Nesting Season

Parents Return: Mom returned Oct.8, 2014 at 8:22am... Here
Dad is confirmed back.,, Oct.11, 2014 at 7:40am .... Here


2015-2016 Nesting Season

Parents retuned home... Oct.3, 2015......HERE


2016 - 2017 Nesting Season.

Mom Honeycomb is home Oct.12 at 7:39am

Mom and Dad Honeycomb on the nest Oct.21 at 9:48am


2017- 2018 Nesting Season

Mom Honeycomb is home Oct.3 at 9:19am