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Map of Stanley Park

Close-up Map of Stanley Park (with driving directions to SPES)

Urban Eagles in the City of Vancouver

Eagles living in a residential area

The Stanley Park Ecology Society is monitoring 17 bald eagle nests in the City of Vancouver in 2007, although not all of them are currently active.  The eagles nest in very different environments within Vancouver.  Some nests are in the forested sections of Stanley Park, others are waterfront and overlook Burrard Inlet or False Creek from other green spaces.  There are also nests which are distinctly urban in their placement.  They overlook soccer and baseball games or performing art and picnics in parks, while other nests are beside or in yards, overlooking houses, streets and lanes.

Nests in most of the above locations have successfully produced offspring in recent years, and much of each young eaglet's diet has been bird based.  Feathers and bones of common birds such as crows, gulls and rock doves (pigeons) have been regularly found beneath each of the nests as well as varying amounts of cormorant, grebe, small mammal, crab and fish parts.

12-16 eaglets fledged from 10 nests in 2006 while 5 of the nests were not successful.  Please follow the links on the right of the page to access detailed reports of the 2004, 2005, and 2006 monitoring seasons.

If you wish to help monitor the eagle nests or report an eagle nest in the City of Vancouver please contact:

An eagle fishing

A bald eagle fishing

Courtesy of D Catt.

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