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I am a member of the Hancock Wildlife Foundation Discussion Forum . This year, the Foundation has teamed up with WildEarth to stream three different eagle's nests.

The Hornby Eagles




In 2006, Ma and Pa Hornby became superstars as theirs was the first nest to be streamed over the Internet. Thousands of viewers cried together when the eggs did not hatch that year.

The nest is on Hornby Island which is off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. This year, the Hornbys laid two eggs which are due to hatch at the end of April.

Update on May 1, 2009

We have two Hornby hatchlings!! Egglet #1, named Hope by Doug Carrick, hatched at about 7:40 a.m. on April 27, 2009. And on April 30th at about 1:40 p.m., egglet #2, Echo, hatched. Welcome to the world, Hope and Echo!!

Update on May 11, 2009 - Tragic News

Today baby eaglet, Echo Hornby, died as a result of a tragic accident. We do not know for sure but what probably happened is that one of the eaglets pooped on Mom's feathers and Echo became stuck to Mom. Mom tried her best to help him. She even waited for hours brooding Echo under her but when she finally flew off the nest, Echo was still stuck to her. Echo fell almost immediately after Mom left the nest. Doug Carrick, the "father" of the Hornby eagles, found little Echo's body under the tree shortly after. Rest in peace, Little Echo. I will always remember you!





Hornby Thread-Hancock Wildlife Discussion Forum


The Sidney Eagle's Nest



When the Hornby eggs failed, David Hancock found another nest on Vancouver Island with two newly-hatched eaglets. These eaglets grew up to become the world-famous Lil Sidney and Big Victoria.

In 2007, we watched as Mom and Dad Ssanich raised Skye and, in 2008, triplets!!!!

This year, they have laid three eggs again. Wow!! They are due to hatch at the beginning of April.

Update on April 24, 2009 All three of the eggs hatched!! #1 on April 8, #2 on April 10 and #2 on April 14. Join us and watch the eaglets grow!

Sidney Nest Thread - Hancock Wildlife Discussion Forum
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I took up the sport of sailing in my retirement and I love it!!!. I sail a 22-foot Venture out of the Fanshawe Yacht Club and Sailing School in London, Ontario, Canada.

My other hobbies include photography and playing the flute in a local concert band.


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Happy Hornby Hatchday!!!!

Oh happy day -- finally!! We at the Hancock Wildlife Foundation have been waiting since 2006 for the Hornby eagles to successfully hatch an eaglet. And this morning, the wait is over!!

Here are some seekpoints:

Our first glimpse of the hatchling… Continue

Posted on April 27, 2009 at 6:34pm — 2 Comments

Skipper

The Newest Sidney Eaglet

Break out the cigars!! A sibling for Lil Sid, Big Vic, Skye, Sunny, Angel and Freddie hatched the morning of April 8, 2009.

#1 is doing well and is turning out to be a peeper like her brother, Lil Sid. Yikes--it's going to be a noisy nest!!

Here is a family portrait video from the morning of April 9th.




The next two eggs in the clutch should hatch over the next 4-5 days.

Check out the seekpoints and watch the Sidney eagles live… Continue

Posted on April 10, 2009 at 2:30pm —

Skipper

EagleCams Now Being Archived!!

Fantastic!! Just like with the Djuma Game Drives, the feed from all the Hancock Wildlife Foundation EagleCams is now being archived and we are able to code seekpoints. Woo Hoo!!! This will also be a very valuable tool for the researchers.

Here are some links to highlights from today:

Hornby Nest - Ma and Pa Hornby are too funny!… Continue

Posted on April 4, 2009 at 2:30am — 3 Comments

Skipper

How Egg-citing!!!!

Mom Saanich of the Sidney nest laid an egg at approximately 5:08 p.m. Pacific Standard time on March 1, 2009.

This is earlier than normal. In previous years, it has been closer to the middle of March.

Mom and Dad will now take turns incubating the egg. If Mom lays another egg, typically it is laid the second day after the first. Therefore, it should arrive on March 3rd. The incubation period is about 35 days.

The following is a link to the video of Mom laying the egg:… Continue

Posted on March 2, 2009 at 7:00am —

Skipper

Update on the Hornby Eagles from Doug Carrick

The following update was just posted on Hancock Wildlife Foundation Discussion Forum by Doug Carrick who is the "father" of the Hornby Island EagleCam.

HORNBY EAGLE NEST UPDATE - February 13, 2009

I am getting excited about the coming eagle season. Never before have I seen our eagles do so… Continue

Posted on February 14, 2009 at 5:47am —

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At 12:58pm on December 13, 2009, eiguoc said…

At 10:51pm on May 19, 2009, Donna Bell said…
Yes Skipper, that is indeed little Lani. My first panda love of my life. The start of many more. However or how many more he will always be my first. It was thur searching for anything panda on the web during the atlanta cam being out I came across your myspace page and found out about weTV. So thank-you for the welcome and the link from your myspace page.
At 3:10pm on May 12, 2009, Frances said…
How sad to hear the news of Echo. Thank you for the last film of the poor little soul. Frances
At 10:29am on April 29, 2009, JayL said…
Hey Skipper thx for the good work
we owe u big time
J
At 5:46am on April 24, 2009, Patti said…
Skipper, thank you so much for keeping up with the Bald Eagles cams. I so appreciate your seekpoints and videos that you make so WE can enjoy these magnificent birds!

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New live broadcast



We have finally managed to get our live broadcast from Moholoholo wildlife rehabilitation centre working. Well there are a few problems with tree branches moving in front of the antenna which means the screen freezes every now and then but we can't chop out trees just for this broadcast. Having said that we have a plan to improve it and in the meantime we are getting some great day and night video of vultures, hyena and jackal to name just three species. Enjoy.

Written by Will Fox

ILP in the USA




Along came Deb Weston.
We've been hoping to find someone to help with our social networking in the USA for a while, then along came Deb Weston.
Deb has been a supporter of the ILP for quite a while and came over to meet the team in Africa a few weeks ago. I'm pleased to announce that Deb has graciously offered to assist with social networking and fund raising for the ILP in the USA. So if you are in the USA, get in touch with Deb and let her know you are out there and care for the plight of wild leopards.

As most of you know, Kirsty Lynas has been working hard on social networking for the ILP in the UK ever since she finished her five month spell as a volunteer with us earlier this year.

Kirsty is continuing to work for us from the UK and co-ordinating with Deb who will cover the USA. Kirsty is also now managing the ILP membership scheme. All of those who have joined so far will be able to receive insider knowledge from Kirsty on a regular basis.

On that front, we need more folks to join the ILP membership scheme and soon, if we are to have any chance of saving the lives of Leopards. Sound dramatic? Well, a leopard was illegally shot this week and we were unable to prevent it.
That's one less leopard in the rapidly diminishing gene pool. If we all don't act soon there will be no leopards left in wild area's. That's no idle statement, our model shows a huge decline in the wild population. The genetic tipping point will come very soon, after which there will be no recovery. Please join the ILP membership scheme, we need your help.


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