Big Bear Bald Eagles – Up Date -- Eaglet’s egg hatching?
(Read Jackie's and Shadow's history for background by scrolling down to preceding posts.)
An external pip appeared to be visible at dusk Saturday
night when I viewed Jackie rising frequently to turn her eggs – then after a later
glimpse I wasn’t sure I had seen a pip! Jackie seemed fixated on listening -- is it pip activity
of the hatching eaglet she hears or feels?
Probably she will settle down to broken sleep through the night as she periodically rouses to continue turning her eggs.
Fascinating Bald Eagle egg hatching facts describe the
complex process with photos at this Journey North link. There’s a second egg to hatch yet that was
laid three days after this first one.
You can continue to take a peek at these Big Bear Bald
Eagles live camera link here:
http://www.iws.org/bigbear_youtube.html
The camera was inoperative for a period of time earlier the past week probably due to high winds there -- also strong winds in the valley 65 miles west causing power outage at my house. Jennifer Iyer recaps the Big Bear Eagle activities with videos and accounts from those keeping the live camera operational in her Redlands Press-Enterprise newspaper article.
The power outage was quite abrupt here, ultimately with fluctuating
on/off periods just as I was planning to heat some chicken soup for
dinner. Naturally, all the important household areas were
affected including my stove, microwave, refrigerator and garage door. I was
glad my car wasn’t in there. I reported the outage to my electric company. Finally, I chose to get some food from a drive thru. When I returned home I discovered all my power was on. Only later did I note power in some other less significant house areas.
The next morning the electric company man checked the lines. He concluded strong winds the night before
had tree branches swaying in the wind with lines probably contacting each other that
shouldn’t. He scheduled the electric company’s big truck, likely with the cherry-picker for tree trimming to prevent future problems.
A couple weeks ago I had a similar outage when there was no
wind, but the power had stayed off. Since it was Friday I had visions of being
without power the whole weekend. I made
an intuitive phone call to an electrician I had never used before rather than
some I had. Amazingly he had just
finished a job a mile or so from my house, was on his way home and said he
could come right then. Ten minutes later
he arrived, then after due diligence testing determined the problem was not
mine, but that of the electric company.
He was able to establish full power to my house suggesting
the likelihood was a squirrel may have been chewing on the line. I knew squirrels did sometimes cause short circuits with a more permanent short to the offender
as well. He added if I needed to call
him due to a similar problem in the future he would immediately contact the
electric company coordinating all that for me if I wanted.
He explained quite likely there could be a delay in my
receiving electric company service, that he could setup a line to my
refrigerator for food preservation. Since
my spare long-lived refrigerator in the garage died a year or so ago this seemed
a wise solution to preserve food contents should such a need develop. Subsequently, the electric company man said
if I lost power as a result of a company problem I could submit a bill for any
food lost.
So....my house has power.
I hope no more strong winds before the tree is trimmed. No offending squirrel sacrificed themself. The ridiculous
situation continues in Washington D.C. The
latest excuse I heard given for our leader’s prolific persistent prevarications
is “He made a mistake” -- the understatement of the year. Pip-watch
is proving to be a much more uplifting focus.
Up Date: Sunday Afternoon
Just saw the nest contents when the birds switched positions. There’s a little fuzz ball — one egg has hatched! Other egg was laid 3 days after this one.
Up Date: Monday
The second egg has hatched!
Up Date: Sunday Afternoon
Just saw the nest contents when the birds switched positions. There’s a little fuzz ball — one egg has hatched! Other egg was laid 3 days after this one.
Up Date: Monday
The second egg has hatched!
