JANUARY 2017 EAGLE COUNT RESULTS
Cam & Paul and very large hoof print, Area 20, 2016. Photo: Paul Nilsson
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31TH ANNUAL BRACKENDALE WINTER EAGLE COUNT 2017, Sunday January 8th
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| Area | Bald Eagles | Other | Counters | ||||
| # | Identification | Adult | Immature | Unclass | Total | ||
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1
|
Elaho (m30N) |
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|
|
0
|
|
|
|
2
|
Upper Squamish |
87
|
27
|
3
|
117
|
4
|
|
|
3
|
Ashlu |
8
|
2
|
0
|
10
|
2
|
|
|
4a
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Ashlu to Pilchuk - Road |
3
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
pileated woodpecker, American dipper, red-breasted sapsucker |
4
|
|
4b
|
Ashlu to Pilchuk - Raft |
|
|
|
0
|
no raft |
|
|
5
|
Pilchuk to Cheakamus - Raft |
|
|
|
0
|
no raft |
|
|
6
|
IR Bluffs to Cheekye Bridge |
37
|
26
|
0
|
63
|
blue heron, american dipper |
2
|
|
7
|
Judd Slough to IR Bluffs |
28
|
10
|
0
|
38
|
kingfisher, blue heron |
2
|
|
8
|
Judd Slough to Easter Seal |
30
|
3
|
0
|
33
|
2 herds of elk crossing Squamish River (34ttl)! |
4
|
|
9
|
Mamquam to Easter Seal |
18
|
2
|
0
|
20
|
1 hawk (sp?) |
2
|
|
10
|
Training Dyke to Mamquam |
22
|
12
|
0
|
34
|
4 heron, heard red-winged blackbird |
2
|
|
11
|
Judd Slough |
6
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
|
|
|
12
|
Railway - Art Gallery |
13
|
4
|
1
|
18
|
2
|
|
|
13
|
Stawamus River |
6
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
2
|
|
|
15
|
Mamquam River |
41
|
15
|
0
|
56
|
3
|
|
|
16
|
Upper Cheakamus |
10
|
5
|
1
|
16
|
mink, American dipper, blue heron, varied thrush |
3
|
|
17
|
Lower Cheakamus |
66
|
44
|
|
110
|
6
|
|
|
18
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Dump/Airport |
44
|
20
|
0
|
64
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100s of crows, no seagulls, fresh wolf tracks |
2
|
|
19
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Baynes Island |
14
|
14
|
0
|
28
|
7
|
|
|
20
|
The Old Channel |
6
|
2
|
2
|
10
|
1
|
|
|
21
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Tenderfoot Creek/BCR Channels |
33
|
20
|
7
|
60
|
3
|
|
|
22
|
Garibaldi Way to Depot Rd |
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
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| Totals |
475
|
209
|
14
|
698
|
54
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| Conditions: 0 deg, overcast, wind calm but picking up, "Wind warning and Snow Warning in Effect" | |||||||
| TOTALS FOR ALL YEARS Annual Brackendale Eagle Counts |
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| YEAR | ADULTS | JUVENILES | UNCLASS. | TOTAL |
| 2017 |
475
|
209
|
14
|
698
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| 2016 |
261
|
149
|
1
|
411
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| 2015 |
420
|
207
|
10
|
637
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| 2014 |
633
|
376
|
608
|
1617
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| 2013 |
509
|
279
|
16
|
804
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| 2012 |
448
|
194
|
13
|
655
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| 2011 | 432 | 183 | 12 | 627 |
| 2010 | 692 | 254 | 10 | 956 |
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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
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| 2004 |
839
|
845
|
25
|
1709
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| 2003 | 118 | 423 | 36 | 577 |
| 2002 |
1479
|
461
|
7
|
1947
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| 2001 |
1461
|
570
|
4
|
2035
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| 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
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| 1995 |
1777
|
799
|
21
|
2597
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| 1994 |
2422
|
1133
|
214
|
3769
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| 1993 |
1050
|
510
|
14
|
1574
|
| 1992 |
1158
|
491
|
26
|
1675
|
| 1991 |
626
|
177
|
72
|
875
|
| 1990 |
555
|
172
|
10
|
737
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| 1989 |
965
|
529
|
66
|
1560
|
| 1988 |
1507
|
941
|
83
|
2531
|
| 1987 |
646
|
260
|
46
|
952
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| 1986 |
408
|
115
|
14
|
537
|
| Average |
924
|
433
|
61
|
1418
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Dave Humphreys photo: Eagle Count rafters on the Squamish River, Jan. 4, 2015. Need we say more!
Special treat for rafters 2013! Photos: Glenne Campbell.
Photo: John Buchanan, 2014 (Elaho, Upper Squamish)
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