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Public Forums => San Gabriel Mtns Flora - Fauna => Topic started by: Wrightwood on Feb 06, 18, 04:02:47 PM
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A live view of the bald eagle nest at Big Bear Lake, California.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNdo6wu_Xug
First Egg Laid on 1/3/18. Expected to hatch 2/8 or 2/9.
Second Egg Laid on 1/6/18. Expected to hatch 2/10.
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Too cool! Thanks!
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http://www.youtube.com/v/5b2dUgK6VV4&showsearch=0&rel=0&fs=1&autoplay=0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18
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http://www.youtube.com/v/LNdo6wu_Xug&showsearch=0&rel=0&fs=1&autoplay=0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18
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Waiting for the eggs to hatch!!!
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Nothing yet
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/eagle.nest.2.9.18a.jpg)
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No baby yet
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This is so fun to watch the Eagle soon to be eagles
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Looks like one of the parents brought some feathered food into the nest.
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Just doubled checked and no babies as of 5:77pm
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/eagle.nest.2.10.18a.jpg)
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Looks like one of the parents brought some feathered food into the nest.
The food delivery was at 3:20 pm
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/eagle.nest.2.10.18b.jpg)
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Here's a shot of the eggs that is more clear at 6:30 pm
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/eagle.nest.2.10.18c.jpg)
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Could it be?
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/eagle.nest.2.10.18.h.jpg)
10:33pm
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/eagle.nest.2.10.18.i.jpg)
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/eagle.nest.2.10.18.d.JPG)
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Beak is moving at 11:42.17pm 2/10/18
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/eagle.nest.2.10.18.beak1.jpg)
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Did anyone see her chick(s)? Did they both hatch?
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No they have not hatched.
One egg is half open with a baby emerging as of 9:57am
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/eagle.nest.2.11.18.a.jpg)
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1 egg has hatched with the baby clear of the shell at 11am
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/eagle.nest.2.11.18.c.jpg)
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/eagle.nest.2.11.18.b.jpg)
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Baby eagle hatches in San Bernardino Mountains
https://www.sbsun.com/2018/02/11/baby-eagle-hatches-in-san-bernardino-mountains/
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Egg number 2 now has a hole in it
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/eagle.nest.2.12.18.a.jpg)
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Chick and egg#2 hit by stick while parents are doing nest maintenance
https://youtu.be/YVfAkq90cYg
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Baby Bald Eagle #2 has arrived
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/eagle.nest.2.12.18.b.jpg)
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Looks like the first one is already standing up, and its eyes are open. This is so fascinating! Those tiny creatures look so helpless.
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The howling of Coyotes echoing around the lake @ 12:38am were a good addition to the footage. Combined with the nighttime black and white picture it gave it a very spooky wintry vibe.
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Fish and Fowl for lunch
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/Fish.Fowl.2.13.18.a.jpg)
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If you are watching on YouTube Live you can go back up to 4 hours in time by using the scroll bar (red line) at the bottom.
Here's the live feed link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNdo6wu_Xug
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Surely cold and windy in the nest today.
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Interesting that they seem to respond to cold and windy conditions by picking up grass and bringing it to line the nest. Yesterday or the day before one of them brought some grass back and it struggled to get up to the nest with it. You could hear it panting afterwards - never heard or heard of such a thing.
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Joe that is a fascinating observation.
While playing back some of today's YouTube footage I was able to capture a few images of the grass delivery.
Just after the parent left the nest the two youngsters were fighting.
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/Eagle.nest.Fight.jpg)
A short time later the grass was brought back to the nest
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/Eagle.nest.grass1.jpg)
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/Eagle.nest.grass2.jpg)
Here's placing some of the grass
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/Eagle.Nest.grass3.jpg)
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This being a calmer night, and one with some moonlight, about 9:40pm you could hear the faint calls of an owl in the forest. Even being nighttime this drew the attention of the bird on the nest. A few minutes later you could hear the flapping of wings (I listen using a headphones) and the eagle began squawking and you could hear a scuffle out of view of the camera. I believe there was a fight between the eagle off the nest and an owl. It went on for some time with flapping wing sounds coming a going a few times, with the eagle on the nest continuing to squawk Later the scuffle seemed to end and the eagle off the nest landed some distance away and they loudly called out to each other. I've seen video of fights between Bald Eagles and owls...they do not get along. Owls attempt to steal eagle nests.
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Apparently the owl remained in the vicinity. It called for another 15 minutes afterwards. Another was also heard further away calling at the same time. Sounds like they are great horned owls. The eagles called to each other occasionally while this was going on. The eagle on the nest didn't finally go to sleep until about an hour after the ordeal. The call from the one not on the nest didn't sound quite right. Will be interesting to see if it was seriously injured.
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Some kind of smorgasbord in that nest ;)
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/EagleNest.2.26.18.jpg)
Growing up quickly
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/EagleNest.2.26.18b.jpg)
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Here's the live feed link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNdo6wu_Xug
This morning the camera was zoomed out for a short time and gave a beautiful view of Big Bear Lake in the background
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/eagle.nest.2.27.18.lake.jpg)
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Nice picture! At least the snow will help keep their "delectable smorgasbord" from getting too "ripe"! :P ;)
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Big Bear Eagle Cam ~ The Match Up Begins ~ Sibling Rivalry ~ Dad Ends It
Fun video clip showing the siblings fighting (start at 4:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89g94lm_PI8
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That's so sad to hear. The lifeless baby is still in the nest.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DY--gxMUMAEj1kA.jpg)
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Stormy looks good, Baby Big Bear...poor thing...had a rough night and passed away.
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Here's the live feed link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNdo6wu_Xug
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I checked in on them late last night and it looked pretty miserable up there. No obvious signs of trouble, but a dead bird wasn't really anything I was looking for. It was then that it occurred to me that the late season timing of our rain and this storm was an issue because the chicks were just too big to fit under the mother and didn't have feathers yet. Interesting that it's the kind of thing that you learn on nature shows - rain, no rain, hot, cold, timing, etc. Too bad one of them didn't make it. But, that's precisely why there were two. Now the odds improve for the remaining one since it gets all the food and has a better shot at fitting under the mother in case we have more rain. It also just occurred to me to check on the pair in Azusa Canyon. We almost went up there last week but passed. In light of this we'll go up there next week for some pictures.
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Just checked the site and the camera is working. Looks windy
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Today at 2pm the dead baby was removed and the remaining live baby was banded with identification. Overall took the guy about 17 minutes.
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Lady Hawk
Published on Mar 28, 2018
This afternoon, several biologists including Pete Bloom were at the Big Bear nest along with tree climber & bander Joe Papp to band Stormy. The nest is up 150' in a tree on National Forest Land. Banding provides extremely useful information in the tracking of the eagle in migration, nesting and if ever found injured or killed. Stormy received two leg bands - one silver for the Fish & Wildlife and the other a blue band to help with visual identification from a distance. Measurements were taken to determine the gender of Stormy but not blood. Dr. Pete Bloom, Biologist uses feather length in his calculations for determining the sex. The body of Triple B. was picked up and put in a bag. Joe Papp may have dropped the body on his way down - listen closely to the words spoken at the end of the video at the 22:26 mark saying "unfortunately I think it fell out". As soon as information is released I will update everyone. Otherwise, the banding was very successful and the parents are in the nest tree. Stormy is 45 days old. Thank you for watching!
Video https://youtu.be/5beuokOscwE
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Here's the live feed link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNdo6wu_Xug
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Here's some video of the pair in Azusa Canyon. I think the food delivery is a frog. The nest has become so huge that it appears one of the branches holding it up has broken under the weight and the nest seems to be barely hanging on. Hard to tell when it happened, and hard to tell what orientation the nest is actually in, but it looks to be in a very precarious position. Either way, they are still raising a chick in it. I brought my 11-year old niece up to see it. She's really into animals so I kept our destination a surprise until we got out of the car and I immediately pointed up to one of the eagles that happened to be flying overhead right at that moment. Then I turned her around and pointed out the nest with the mother and baby in it. She loved it.
As an aside, the really expensive Canon lens I rented a while back did a much better job than this Tamron lens I purchased. The Canon lens is 3X the price ($2000), but the quality difference is certainly equal to that.
http://www.youtube.com/v/HKZpgCSdy8s
Nest in 2014:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/895/40232472305_a00b9d4ce0_o.jpg)
Nest in 2017:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/789/27254348548_dc0627a459_o.jpg)
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Thanks for sharing this, Joe. Wow, I sure hope that nest hangs on until the little one is ready to fledge. Looks as if its wings are developing nicely, but it seems to depend on Mom and Dad for meals.
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Sad to hear.
Didn't know they were the first nesting pair of bald eagles in the Angeles and in mainland Los Angeles County
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When we found it in 2014 we knew it was very significant, hence our kind of silly secrecy regarding it's location. It's a real bummer that it didn't hang on. Now I have to decide if or how to tell our niece. It's nature, that stuff happens, so I think she should know. In wondering what if it fell our worry was what the parents will do about another nest. Will it be in the same tree? Will it be too far to see well? Will they not come back at all?
And I re-uploaded the video in case anyone wants to see it now. No one was really looking before. https://youtu.be/E1kBNRncNGc
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San Bernardino National Forest
?@SanBernardinoNF
1h1 hour ago
The bald eagle chick fell out of the nest about 6:23 a.m. Biologists are en route to see if they can find and check on him.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dbt64Y5VMAEzayW.jpg)
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Apparently this is somewhat normal. I think the parents will find him and feed him "off nest" according to the message board. Hope the little guy is OK.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uR9HH9vjJA
Lady Hawk
Published on Apr 26, 2018
Early this morning at 6:23am PDT, Stormy was wingercising on the edge of the nest and accidentally fell off. Mom arrives with a stick first as Stormy is vocalizing at her. He flaps around at her - she departs for her branch. Stormy goes over and is standing on the edge of the nest and starts to flap and falls off at the 2:56 mark. You can hear him as he fell below the nest and is flapping below on a lower branch in the tree. The US Forest Service & Friends of Big Bear Valley have been notified and are going to the area to check on Stormy. Stormy is fine and although this was not an intended fledge, eaglets find their way back to the nest in time. It could take a couple days or longer for Stormy to figure out how to do this. If he goes to the ground, the parents will bring him food and keep an eye on him as him starts to explore the world. Stormy is capable of flying at this point, for short flights - he just needs to realize it and maneuver back to the nest. Stay tuned for more updates! Thank you for watching!
Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk
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San Bernardino National Forest
?@SanBernardinoNF
1h1 hour ago
We continue to look for the bald eagle chick that slipped out of the nest this morning. The ground has been thouroughly searched and we are now scanning tree branches in case he survived and flew up to one. The parents are remaining in the area.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbuYkSEVAAAGKvv.jpg)
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San Bernardino National Forest
?@SanBernardinoNF
2m2 minutes ago
For some perspective on where the bald eagle chick is, this photo shows him (red circle) about 30 feet below the nest, where one parent is perched (yellow circle). And in case you were wondering, this is a 120-foot Jeffrey pine tree.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DcDhRxaV4AANo-O.jpg)
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As of 10:03 this morning, Stormy is back 8)
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As of 10:03 this morning, Stormy is back 8)
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Stormy can fly :)
Here's the live feed link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNdo6wu_Xug
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Link to video of Stormy's return to the nest. He is very vocal. Not sure if it is excitement or scolding of his parents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg2uUaODO0Y&feature=youtu.be
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Today - Saw Stormy fly away from the nest and a while later return.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/5b2dUgK6VV4&showsearch=0&rel=0&fs=1&autoplay=0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b2dUgK6VV4
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Both eagles were in the nest this morning
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Both Eagle are currently in the nest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b2dUgK6VV4
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Sitting in the nest (one wet looking Bald Eagle)
She must be getting close to laying an egg
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Yep, watched it live - 1 egg in nest
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/birds/3.6.19.BaldEagleEgg1.JPG)
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Two eggs now in the nest
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Anytime now
Predicted hatch dates:
Big Bear: 4/12, 4/14
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BB ~ Closeups of the pipping - egg tooth seen and the egg is gently rocking as the chick is making slow but steady progress on hatching! Mom beaks at Shadow while eating her fish, so he gets up from the egg so we can get this view :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=107&v=uXLoipSs5mM
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Pipping
Internal pip = when they break through into the air sac inside the egg
External pip = when they make the initial hole in the shell to hatch out
Zipping = when they slowly, but surely, turn and peck away at the rest of the shell around them to make their escape!
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Fascinating! Thanks for sharing. I hope that nasty wind calms down.
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Baby #1 is out
(https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cb84a11c86d586fa41ba33c65a32d8412254a0cd575c7c72b26594843dea6cf9.png)
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Big Bear baby Eagle #2 is out of egg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=1HBvnPRbw1c
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Great thing to see! And the video quality is amazingly sharp.
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One of the baby eagles died this morning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b2dUgK6VV4
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There was something wrong with one of them for a while. It would squawk loudly for no reason at random times, as if it was in some discomfort. This was prior to the banding, and was even in good weather. A while back it looked bad, wasn't going for food, then rebounded a bit. As an aside, we visited the nest in Azusa canyon the other day. Two much older looking fledglings in the nest. Looked just about ready to go.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/5b2dUgK6VV4&showsearch=0&rel=0&fs=1&autoplay=0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b2dUgK6VV4
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I am surprised the dead eaglet is still in the nest...is this normal behavior? I guess I thought eagles were rather tidy with respect to their nests.
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Baby eagle Simba finally fledged the nest this morning at 6:19am
(https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/19feb47a2f207113aaf0e48d0d7164468d43685d02ce6e459e51415e5b5d9109.png?w=600&h=280)
(https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ca78a925a522ce55f32af2826f08ee6a4aff432c9621fae4883864fe43611338.jpg?w=600&h)
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