JANUARY 2019 EAGLE COUNT RESULTS
Cam & Paul and very large hoof print, Area 20, 2016. Photo: Paul Nilsson
33RD ANNUAL BRACKENDALE WINTER EAGLE COUNT Sunday January 6th 2019
More detailed and anecdotal information at SQUAMISH ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY
Eagle counters getting their counting packages Jan. 6, 2019 at the BAG.
| Area |
Bald Eagles
|
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| # | Identification | Adult | Immature | Unclass | Total | Other | Counters |
| 1 | Elaho (m30N) | 8 | 8 | Too much snow! | 4 | ||
| 2 | Upper Squamish | 231 | 63 | 1 | 295 | Up to km 21 | 3 |
| 3 | Ashlu | 46 | 30 | 76 | 4 | ||
| 4a | Ashlu to Pilchuk - Road | 15 | 8 | 23 | 2 heron | 3 | |
| 4b | Ashlu to Pilchuk - Raft | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Pilchuk to Cheakamus - Raft | 19 | 1 | 20 | 6 | ||
| 6 | IR Bluffs to Cheekye Bridge | 48 | 18 | 10 | 76 | 5 | |
| 7 | Judd Slough to IR Bluffs | 32 | 4 | 36 | 7 | ||
| 8 | Judd Slough to Easter Seal | 62 | 10 | 72 | 5 | ||
| 9 | Mamquam to Easter Seal | 26 | 6 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Training Dyke to Mamquam | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| 11 | Downtown | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 12 | Railway to Gallery | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 13 | Stawamus River | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 1 heron | 4 |
| 14 | |||||||
| 15 | Mamquam River | 23 | 28 | 53 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Upper Cheakamus | 46 | 20 | 1 | 67 | 6 | |
| 17 | Lower Cheakamus | 29 | 8 | 37 | 4 | ||
| 18 | Dump/Airport | 192 | 102 | 294 | 2 heron | 2 | |
| 19 | Baynes Island | 9 | 1 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 20 | The Old Channel | Not counted | |||||
| 22 | Garibaldi Way to Depot Rd | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Totals | 821 | 309 | 25 | 1157 | 73 | ||
| Conditions: 5˚C, overcast some fog, calm breeze, river level average, rain, sleet, snow on ground, trees clear. | |||||||
| TOTALS FOR ALL YEARS Annual Brackendale Eagle Counts |
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| YEAR | ADULTS | JUVENILES | UNCLASS. | TOTAL |
| 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 |
944
|
429
|
60
|
1433
|
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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