JANUARY 2023 EAGLE COUNT RESULTS

Cam & Paul and very large hoof print, Area 20, 2016. Photo: Paul Nilsson

Eagle counters getting their counting packages Jan. 6, 2019 at the BAG.

37TH ANNUAL BRACKENDALE EAGLE COUNT 2023, January 8
Area		Bald Eagles				Other	Counters
#	Identification	Adult	Immature	Unclass	Total
1	Elaho	39	15	0	54		2
2	Upper Squamish	134	33	3	170		3
3	Ashlu	41	16	0	57		5
4a	Ashlu to Pilchuk - Road	70	10	0	80	combined of 4a,4b,5 area	2
4b	Ashlu to Pilchuk - Raft					cancelled
5	Pilchuk to Cheakamus - Raft					cancelled
6	IR Bluffs to Cheekye Bridge	31	13	0	44		2
7	Judd Slough to IR Bluffs	16	2	0	18		2
8	Judd Slough to Easter Seal	37	17		54		8
9	Mamquam to Easter Seal	19	6	1	26		5
10	Training Dyke to Mamquam	20	7	2	29		2
11	Downtown					combined with #10
12	Railway - Art Gallery	6	1	1	8		2
13	Stawamus River	2	0	0	2		2
15	Mamquam River	16	5	0	21		2
16	Upper Cheakamus	20	8		28		4
17	Lower Cheakamus	26	13	0	39		5
18	Dump/Airport	99	46	0	145		2
19	Baynes Island	91	50	0	141	Cheakamus confluence	2
20	The Old Channel					not done
22	Garibaldi Way to Depot Rd					cancelled
Totals		667	242	7	916		50
	Notes: With late cancellation of rafts some boundaries were shifted so counts might not necessarily line up with previous years eg. Baines Island includes upriver on the Squamish and part of the Cheakamus confluence. Some areas in Paradise Valley near the Bailey Bridge were also altered.
	Average temp 3˚, overcast with rain and some fog, no snow in the trees, deep snow from Pilchuk north off roadways, Elaho not plowed - lots of snow, some very icy sections - relatively good counting conditions for adults, juveniles not easy to see in the trees.
	Things that make you go hmm? 502 birds were counted from the Cheakamus River Confluence north with significantly fewer birds counted at the landfill. Several groups also mentioned seeing good numbers of live salmon still in the system so it could be inferred eagles are still finding good food sources in the river and side channels after the recent high water event? Consistant low numbers in some areas could suggest we reorganize group numbers and areas? - Carl Halvorson.
More detailed and anecdotal information at SQUAMISH ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY

TOTALS FOR ALL YEARS Annual Brackendale Eagle Counts
YEAR	ADULTS	JUVENILES	UNCLASS.	TOTAL
2023	667	242	7	916
2022	523	271	5	799
2021	680	164	4	848
2020	589	151	7	747
2019	821	309	25	1157
2018	581	364	17	962
2017	475	209	14	698
2016	261	149	1	411
2015	420	207	10	637
2014	633	376	608	1617
2013	509	279	16	804
2012	448	194	13	655
2011	432	183	12	627
2010	692	254	10	956
2009	524	217	14	755
2008	618	253	22	893
2007	1126	617	14	1757
2006	1124	497	63	1684
2005	1045	840	90	1975
2004	839	845	25	1709
2003	118	423	36	577
2002	1479	461	7	1947
2001	1461	570	4	2035
2000	1801	587	78	2466
1999	1309	463	75	1847
1998	1004	315	31	1350
1997	977	338	4	1319
1996	1174	445	240	1859
1995	1777	799	21	2597
1994	2422	1133	214	3769
1993	1050	510	14	1574
1992	1158	491	26	1675
1991	626	177	72	875
1990	555	172	10	737
1989	965	529	66	1560
1988	1507	941	83	2531
1987	646	260	46	952
1986	408	115	14	537
Average	885	388	53	1328

Dave Humphreys photo: Eagle Count rafters on the Squamish River, Jan. 4, 2015. Need we say more!

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