3 Bald Eaglets emerged from their eggshells beginning March 1st!
(photo courtesy of Friends of Big Bear Bald Eagles)
Please refer to my previous post for a recap of this Big Bear Bald Eagle family I've followed on this blog for several years.
I find following these lives a welcome respite during these current unsettling times.
READ Biologist Sandy's storied account HERE.
VIEW live eagle activity at the nest 24/7 HERE.
A snowy cold weather storm is expected in a few days mid-week with one to two feet of snow predicted. Keeping these tiny eaglets warm and fed will challenge parents, Jackie and Shadow, who have been doing a good job. The eaglets are being fed up to 8 times a day bites of fish and what appears to be a bird.
I wonder if the last hatched eaglet will be strong enough to get its share of food with the several days older now stronger siblings given their natural competitive natures?
Eaglets rapidly grow larger so will they all fit and be able to stay warm under either of their protective parents if more cold stormy weather occurs?
Feathers will begin to replace the eaglets fluff. The eaglets will begin to exercise in the nest for flying.
Fledging (their first flight) usually occurs in 10 to 14 weeks from hatching which will be May for these eaglets.
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