BC Hydro is calling it a “rare occurrence” after successfully reuniting a mother eagle and her egg.
Hydro crews found the egg inside a nest on top of one of six power poled damaged by a grass near Chase last month.
Crews used surgical gloves and carefully removed the egg packing it in straw in a pail in a temperature controlled vehicle.
They quickly swapped out the damaged power pole with a new one and then replaced the nest and egg back on top of it.
On Twitter Hydro posted a video of the mother eagle circling the nest saying she was back tending to her egg the following morning.
It says while moving osprey nests is fairly common Hydro crews very rarely run into eagles let alone a nest with an eagle egg in it.
This is a pretty rare occurrence as bald eagles typically nest in trees. The egg was handled with surgical gloves to remain scent-free and was placed in a clean, straw-filled pail, then covered and placed into a temperature-controlled vehicle while the nest move was completed. pic.twitter.com/6adyJKd8yD
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 25, 2019
Once the work was complete, the mother bird was observed showing interest in the nest and was back home with their nest egg the following morning. pic.twitter.com/L4hzwg3EgO
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 25, 2019
Every interaction with wildlife in the field provides our team with information that contributes to the ongoing development of valuable tools for field crews, environmental managers and design teams. pic.twitter.com/wpBtU3OZzP
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) April 25, 2019
