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.
This made the nightly news and I thought of you.
ReplyDeleteYes, I've noticed not only are our local Los Angeles TV news programs sharing videos and photos of these eagles but so are the network news media. Sandy, the biologist with Friends of Big Bear says thousands have contacted the site from all over the world.
DeleteI actually saw this in our Hawaii news a bit ago. This is so neat!
ReplyDeleteNice to know there is so much interest in these eagles. Now to see if they all survive to fledge which is expected in May. They become adults so quickly. They'll soon lose their fluff for feathers. They are such a positive focus I welcome -- a hope for new life in nature for the future.
DeleteNot sure why I stopped receiving notifications that you had posted. It's so good to know you are still blogging! For many years, beginning in 1995, a pair of Bald Eagles nested in a cottonwood tree that I can see from my second-story porch. That nest was destroyed in a wind storm and was not rebuilt. I still do see Bald Eagles from my porch but do not know where they nest now.
ReplyDeleteI used to post as "am" from Talking 37th Dream and I'm posting on Substack now:
https://ellamuir.substack.com/
I've kept my old blog available but no longer post there.