West End Territory
This territory is on the Catalina Island Conservancy’s property on Santa Catalina Island, California.
2025 Season:
Adult Male 58/D (aka Makaio) hatched at the Bald Canyon nest on San Clemene Island in 2021. Has silver band on left leg and orange band on right leg.
Unbanded Adult Female (aka Haku) replaced Thunder.
2/17: Laid first egg around 1458 (Laid by Thunder)
2/18: Raven took egg around 1400 (Laid by Thunder)
2/20: Laid second egg around 1507(Laid by Thunder)
2/28: Thunder last seen in the afternoon.
3/2: Ravens took the second egg. New unbanded female seen in territory
2024 Season:
Adult Male A-61 (aka Akecheta) hatched at the Los Pinos nest on Santa Cruz Island in 2016. Has silver band on left leg and orange band on right leg.
Adult Female K-91 (aka Thunder) hatched at the Two Harbors nest on Catalina Island in 2009. Has silver band on left leg.
1/30: First egg laid ~1539. Expected hatch around 3/7.
2/13: Camera comes back online (offline since 2/4) with 3 eggs present.
3/9: First chick hatched around 0300. Second chick hatched by around 1900.
3/12: Third chick hatched by 0410.
6/3: One of the fledglings took its first flight
6/8: Second fledgling took its first flight
6/9: Third fledgling took its first flight
2023 Season:
Adult Male A-61 (aka Akecheta) hatched at the Los Pinos nest on Santa Cruz Island in 2016. Has silver band on left leg and orange band on right leg.
Adult Female K-91 (aka Thunder) hatched at the Two Harbors nest on Catalina Island in 2009. Has silver band on left leg.
5/15: Banded Male 39/D and Male 40/D (Scout).
Both birds fledged.
2022 Season:
Adult Male A-61 (aka Akecheta) hatched at the Los Pinos nest on Santa Cruz Island in 2016. Has silver band on left leg and orange band on right leg.
Adult Female K-91 (aka Thunder) hatched at the Two Harbors nest on Catalina Island in 2009. Has silver band on left leg.
1/29: First egg laid ~1700. Expected hatch 7 March.
2/1: Second egg laid ~1640. Expected hatch 8 March
2/5: Third egg laid ~0836. Expected hatch 12 March
3/8: First chick hatched around 1800.
3/10: Second chick hatched before sunrise.
3/12: Third chick hatched around 1930.
4/24: Chicks banded: Male 23/D (aka Sky), Male 24/D (aka Ahote), Female 25/D (aka Kana’kini)
6/2: Male 24/D (aka Ahote) flew ~1708
6/10: Female 25/D (aka Kana'kini) flew ~0830
6/22: Male 23/D (aka Sky) flew ~0610
2021 Season:
Adult Male A-61 (aka Akecheta)
Adult Female K-91 (aka Thunder)
2/2: First egg laid (got buried and lost in nesting material on 2/3). Estimated hatch date 3/11.
2/5: Unburied first egg in AM. Laid second egg in PM. Estimated hatch date 3/12
2/8: Laid third egg in PM. Estimated hatch date 3/15
3/11: Ravens took all eggs
2020 Season:
Adult Male A-61 (aka Akecheta) hatched at the Los Pinos nest on Santa Cruz Island in 2016. He replaced Superman.
Adult Female K-91 (aka Thunder) hatched at the Two Harbors nest on Catalina Island in 2009.
Eggs Laid 2/20 and 2/23
Ravens removed eggs 2/24
Second clutch eggs laid 3/18 (raven took it 3/20), 3/21 (raven took it 3/29).
2019 Season:
Adult Male K-01 (aka Superman) was produced by captive eagles at the San Francisco Zoo
and fostered to the Pinnacle Rock nest on Catalina in 2000.
Adult Female K-91 (aka Thunder) hatched at the Two Harbors nest on Catalina Island in 2009.
Eggs Laid 2/7, 2/10, ~2/13 (while camera was offline)
Chicks hatched 3/17, 3/19, 3/22
Chicks banded 5/4. Male 11/A (Bravery), Female 26/A (Wištoyo), and Female 33/A (Waiola)
Female 33/A (Waiola) flew 6/13
Female 26/A (Wištoyo) flew 6/14
Male 11/A (Bravery) flew 6/20
2018 Season:
Adult Male K-01 was produced by captive eagles at the San Francisco Zoo
and fostered to the Pinnacle Rock nest on Catalina in 2000.
Adult Female K-91 hatched at the Two Harbors nest on Catalina Island in 2009.
Eggs Laid 2/8 and 2/11
Chick hatched 3/20
Female chick banded as 40/A (aka Aria) on 5/8/18
Aria flew 6/14
2017 Season:
Adult Male K-01
Adult Female K-91
Eggs laid between 2/17 and 2/23 (Nest cam destroyed on 2/17 by storm)
Two chicks hatched around 3/26
Chicks banded on 5/19
Male K-73, aka Pascoe, flew on 6/24. Seen in Simi Valley, CA on 3/10/21.
Male K-74, aka Haku, flew on 6/24. Current status unknown
2016 Season:
Adult Male K-01
Adult Female K-91
Eggs laid 2/11 and 2/15
Two chicks hatched 3/21 and 3/23
Chicks banded on 5/10. Male K-60, aka George, flew on 6/24. Current status unknown.
Female K-62, aka Tsering, flew 6/28. Last reported in Bitterroot Valley, Montana on 12/6/17.
2015 Season:
Adult Male K-01
Adult Female K-91
Eggs laid 2/23 and 2/26
One chick hatched 4/5
Chick died of acute septicemia immediately after being removed for banding on 5/28.
2014 Season:
Adult Male K-01
Adult Female K-91
Did not breed. K-91 was new to the territory: replaced Wray.
2013 Season:
Adult Male K-01
Adult Female Wray. Removed from a nest at Nanaimo, Vancouver Is., B.C. and released from a hacking tower on Catalina in 1986.
Eggs laid 2/22, 2/25, and 3/1
Chicks hatched 4/4, 4/4, and 4/7
Chicks banded on 5/27.
Male K-27, aka Newton, flew on 6/27. Last reported at Brackendale Eagles Park, B.C. on 11/13/16.
Female K-28, aka Bella, flew 7/12. Last reported in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA on 11/23/17.
Female K-29, aka Marthe, fledged 7/6. Found dead at Huntington State Beach, CA on 8/11.
2012 Season:
Adult Male K-01
Adult Female Wray
Eggs laid 2/18, 2/22, and 2/26
Chicks hatched 3/29, 3/30, and 4/3
Chicks banded on 5/25
Female K-24, aka Megwich, flew on 6/25. Found dead on Catalina on 9/6/12.
Female K-27, aka Athena, flew 6/28. Found dead near Laporte, Saskatchewan on 10/11/12.
Female 5/Z, aka Ge-nii, fledged 7/12. Current status unknown.
2011 Season:
Adult Male K-01
Adult Female Wray
Eggs laid 2/23, 2/26, and 3/3
Chicks hatched 4/3, 4/5, and 4/7
Chicks banded on 5/30
Female K-12, aka Aahana, flew on 7/2. Last reported near Dillon, Montana on 2/18/12.
Male K-13, aka Alerio, flew 6/30. Current status unknown.
Male K-14, aka Prince Harry, fledged 7/2. Found dead near Anacapa Island, CA on 8/30/11.
2010 Season:
Adult Male K-01
Adult Female Wray
Eggs laid 3/8 and 3/12
Chicks hatched 4/13 and 4/16
Chicks banded on 6/10
Male K-07, flew on 7/10. Found dead off Palos Verdes Peninsula on 8/8/10.
Male K-08, flew 7/16. Current status unknown.
2009 Season:
Adult Male K-01
Adult Female Wray
Eggs laid 2/28 and 3/2
Chicks hatched 4/7 and 4/8
Chicks banded on 6/5
Female K-97, flew on 7/2. Died in April 2020 from injuries.
Female K-98, flew 7/8. Found dead at Camp Pendleton, CA on 8/19/09.
2008 Season:
Adult Male K-01
Adult Female Wray
Eggs laid ~3/6 and ~3/9. Removed for artificial incubation on 3/13.
Chick hatched 4/15 in incubation facility
Chick hatched in nest on 4/18, from egg laid after others removed.
Chick fostered to nest on 4/19
Chicks banded on 6/11
Female K-65, flew on 7/11. Current status unknown.
Female K-67, flew on 7/11. Last reported near Murrieta, CA on 7/13/14.
2007 Season:
Adult Male K-01
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana. Removed from nest at Union Bay, Vancouver Is., B.C. and released on Catalina in 1986.
Five eggs laid between ~2/20 and 2/28. Removed for artificial incubation on 2/28.
Three chicks hatched in incubation facility between 4/1 and 4/4
Chicks fostered to nest on 4/8
Chicks banded on 5/27
Female K-72, flew ~6/25. Current status unknown.
Male K-73, flew ~6/25. Found dead under powerlines 1.5 mi west of Glenwood, WA on 10/16/15.
Male K-74, flew ~6/25. Current status unknown.
2006 Season:
Adult Male K-01
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
Two eggs laid between ~2/26 and 3/2. Removed for artificial incubation on 3/2 (both infertile).
Fostered chick from a Twin Rocks egg on 4/3.
Chick removed from nest on 5/23 because it had a fractured right leg.
Female A-61, released on Santa Cruz Island on 8/12/06 following rehab. Found dead on West Anacapa Island in October 2006.
2005 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah, released on Catalina in 1981.
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
Four eggs laid between ~2/20 and 2/27. Removed for artificial incubation on 2/27 (2 fertile, 2 infertile).
One chick hatched in incubation facility on 4/4.
Chick fostered to nest on 4/10.
Chick banded on 5/27
Female K-54, flew ~7/5. Last reported on Catalina on 3/14/08.
2004 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
Three eggs laid between ~2/19 and 2/23. Removed for artificial incubation on 2/24 (all fertile).
One chick hatched at Avian Conservation Center (ACC), San Francisco Zoo.
Chick fostered to nest on 4/15.
Chick banded on 5/27
Female K-45, aka Aldora, fledged 6/26. Last reported as part of a breeding pair at Lake Henshaw in San Diego Co. on 1/27/08.
2003 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
Two eggs laid ~2/16. Removed for artificial incubation on 2/18 (both fertile).
Neither egg hatched at ACC.
ACC-produced chick fostered to nest on 4/8.
Chick banded on 5/31
Male K-35, flew ~7/5. Last reported at Sweetwater Reservoir near San Diego on 3/21/06.
2002 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
Three eggs laid between ~2/14 and 2/18. Removed for artificial incubation on 2/18 (all fertile).
Fourth egg laid 2/24. It broke within 2 weeks.
One chick hatched at ACC.
West End chick and ACC chick fostered to nest on 3/31.
Chicks banded on 5/18.
Female K-26, flew 6/11. Currently breeding at Pelican Harbor territory, Santa Cruz Is.
Male K-27, flew 6/14. Current status unknown.
2001 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
Two eggs laid between ~2/14 and 2/19. Removed for artificial incubation on 2/19 (only one fertile).
Egg didn't hatch at ACC.
Two ACC chicks fostered to nest on 4/3.
Chicks banded on 5/15.
Male K-11, aka Xman, flew 6/12. Bred at Malva Real territory, Santa Cruz Is. 2006-Present
Male 6/W, aka Spiny, flew 6/17. Dead in Twin Rocks territory on 7/16.
2000 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
One egg laid ~2/24. Removed for artificial incubation on 2/26 (infertile).
Second egg seen on 3/2. Broke in nest on 3/7.
Two ACC chicks fostered to nest on 4/18 and 4/26.
Chicks banded on 5/29.
Female K-02, flew 6/12. Last reported at Yucaipa Regional Park, CA on 1/18/18.
Female K-03, flew 6/17. Found dead about 8 km off Catalina on 8/17/00.
1999 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
Two eggs laid ~3/6. Removed for artificial incubation on 3/8 (Both infertile).
Third egg seen on 3/13. Removed for artificial incubation on 3/14 (infertile).
One ACC chick fostered to nest on 4/19.
Chick banded on 5/31.
Female K-91, flew ~6/29. Found dead on Catalina on 1/31/00.
1998 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
Two eggs laid ~3/16. Removed for artificial incubation on 3/19 (both fertile).
Two ACC chicks fostered to nest on 4/27.
Chicks banded on 6/7.
Male K-80, flew 7/3. Breeding at Rattlesnake territory on Catalina.
Male K-81, flew 7/3. Breeding at Two Harbors territory on Catalina.
1997 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
Did not nest.
1996 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
Two eggs laid ~2/29. Removed for artificial incubation on 3/1 (both fertile).
Two ACC chicks fostered to nest on 4/23.
Chicks banded on 6/3.
Male K-62, fledged 7/1. Found dead at Black Jack Island, MT on 12/7/97.
Male K-68, flew 7/7. Seen near Dales, CA on 3/7/02.
1995 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
Two eggs laid ~2/27. Removed for artificial incubation on 3/1 (one fertile, one infertile).
Viable egg placed in nest on 4/20.
Nest failed on 4/22 after adult flew off with possible dead chick.
1994 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
Chick from ACC fostered into nest.
Eagle K-94 fledged. Found shot near Arvin, CA on 1/24/00. Placed in captivity at San Francisco Zoo.
1993 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
Chick from wild nest at Hagen Flat fostered into nest.
Female K-31 fledged. Bred at Bass Lake, CA in 2000.
1992 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah
Adult Female Wray
Adult Female K-69, aka Diana
Two eggs laid ~3/15. Removed for artificial incubation on 3/24 (both fertile).
One egg hatched; fostered to Pinnacle Rock nest on Catalina.
Chick from Lake Britton nest in Shasta County, CA fostered into nest.
Chick banded on 6/15.
K-24 (unknown sex) fledged ~7/17.
1991 Season:
Adult Male K-77, aka Shenandoah
Adult Female Wray
Healthy egg from Frenchman Lake, Plumas County, CA put in nest on 4/2.
Female K-13 hatched and fledged.
Wing tag and part of wing found on Catalina Island on 5/1/99.