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Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by RitaR » Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:14 am

Welcome to the Big Bear Bald Eagle Nest at Big Bear Lake near Fawnskin in the San Bernadino National Forest, inland from Los Angeles.
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The cam is up and running with chat thanks to the Friends of Big Bear Valley.

Link to the cam at YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBQhLAIBTH0

Friends of Big Bear Valley Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/Friends-of-Big ... e_internal

I'm adding in a special Thank You to Dr. Peter Sharpe and IWS for helping the Big Bear Eagle cam in previous years.

Here is the link to the Archive's for last year's forum:
viewtopic.php?f=112&t=341

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Re: Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by RitaR » Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:16 am

The nest is about 110 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine tree that stands 120 tall.
History of the nest can be found here at the Friends of Big Bear Valley website.

https://friendsofbigbearvalley.org/eagl ... e-history/

What they don't have listed is the 2019 nesting season. Jackie and new mate Shadow had two beautiful eaglets, Simba and Cookie. Unfortunately we lost Cookie to hypothermia due to some horrible snow and rain storms on 5/27/2019. Simba fledged on July 23, 2019.

Shadow was a young eagle Dad with many dark feathers still at the beginning of the 2019 season. Here is a photo of that was posted by Ferenz on 12-26-2018. Pretty easy to tell which eagle Shadow is.
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Here is current photo of Shadow and Jackie posted by Maddy on 12-29-2019.
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Re: Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by RitaR » Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:30 am

SEASON SUMMARY

Eggs laid: Egg #1 January 8th around 5:35 pm, Egg #2 January 11th around 5:08 pm

Hatched: The eggs did not hatch this year. Around a month over due the eagles finally started to spend time away from the nest. On March 15th a raven came in and broke into the eggs. Neither of them had a developed chick inside. The raven removed the yolk.

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Fledged:

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Re: Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by Maddy » Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:03 am

Thank you very much Rita! :Cool:
January 4th
The morning reports of the day are here: viewtopic.php?f=44&t=341&start=8400
A video of Jackie's morning visit: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Friends-of- ... e_internal
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Jackie flies in with a stick, places it then lies in the nest bowl, her typical routine as of late :)
She doesn't stay long and heads to the front perch, flying off shortly after.

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Now that it's early January, we're officially on EGG-WATCH 2020! For most years that this eagle territory has been active, eggs have been laid during the first two weeks of January. Last year's egg-laying in March was the oddity. We're Egg-cited! Are you?
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Re: Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by Maddy » Sat Jan 04, 2020 12:19 pm

12:15 pm it is 50°F, sunny and windy - 8 mph
12:24 pm Jackie brings some hay
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12:25 pm
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she is looking around
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Re: Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by Maddy » Sat Jan 04, 2020 12:36 pm

12:25 pm Jackie lies down, she is watching something
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12:26 pm Shadow lands with some nesting material
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Re: Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by Maddy » Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:00 pm

12:26 pm Jackie is trying to get some nesting material from Shadow
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12:27 pm
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Re: Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by Maddy » Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:20 pm

12:28 pm both are busy
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then Shadow moves to the exit branch
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they are watching something
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Re: Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by Maddy » Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:29 pm

12:29 pm
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Jackie lies down
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Re: Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by Maddy » Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:35 pm

12:30 pm Shadow is moving sticks, Jackie is watching birds flying around
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12:31 pm Jackie gets up
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Re: Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by Maddy » Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:45 pm

12:31 pm they are watching something
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Re: Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by Maddy » Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:55 pm

12:35 pm they keep looking around
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12:36 pm
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Re: Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by Maddy » Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:14 pm

12:38 pm watching something
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Shadow is moving to the exit branch
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Re: Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by Maddy » Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:35 pm

12:38 pm Shadow is taking off
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12:39 pm Jackie is watching something
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12:40 pm
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Re: Big Bear CA Eagle Cam - 2019-2020

Post by Maddy » Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:55 pm

12:42 pm Jackie lies down
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then she gets up and starts moving the nesting material that Shadow bought in
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12:43 pm
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