Big Bear eagle cam

I read that in the next week they will have a USFS biologist climb to the nest to put a leg band identifier on the surviving chick and remove the deceased one and do a necropsy.

 

I sincerely hope I am wrong but the remaining chick is not looking so good. It's laying flat in the nest (head down) and it's wobbly when it tries to sit up.

 

The little guy just took a bite to the eye from his aggressive brother in CI.

 

This past Wed. a USFS biologist climbed up to the Big Bear nest and put two leg bands on the eaglet, who has been named "Stormy" and was determined to be a male. The guy also removed the deceased chick's body. Here's a vid...



They said this nest is 120 feet off the ground, what!? That old dude that climbed that has my respect Also amazing is how big the eaglet is when you have a person as a comparison. That eaglet was smacking the guy with his wings quite a bit. Oh yeah, the nest if 6 feet across. Cool stuff..

 

Never mind.....I was watching a similar but different edit.

 

Age is just a number! I agree, rad to see him up there just like it’s awesome to see my 85 year old grandpa still running a construction company 5 days a week starting at 5am. Granted he tells me that it gets him out of the house and away from my demanding grandmother.

Bummer the other one died but nature is nature.

 

My Dad turns 83 this weekend, still going strong and mostly he has more energy than me. Re the "old fella" comment on the biologist, he's probably got a few years on me and I would have no chance to climb that 120' tree. So a bit of sarcasm calling him an old dude. He was awesome. And he handled the bird well to try to keep it from freaking out. I read he's been doing this for awhile, I think 1500 eagles and bunch of other raptors he's done leg tags on (?)

The nest is in the tall pine on right, you can almost see the biologist reach the nest, but he blend in pretty well. Mom (named Jackie) and Dad perched in the tree on the left, keeping an eye on the intruder.

SB Sun article with good explanation of things...
https://www.sbsun.com/2018/03/29/de...ar-lake-nest-livestream-removed-by-biologist/

 

Oh, I wasn’t taking your comment negatively.. sorry if I came off that way.

 

I like your new avatar!

 

No worries here @Cornholio. I'm just in awe at that guy climbing that big tree and handling the bird so well as he's way off the ground. Not meant as put down of old people (since I'm one of those) . Much respect for this guy climbing that tree.

 

Representin’

 

Hummingbird cam on the front porch:

 

Sad news about the one that didn't make it..

 

Fresh caught fish for dinner on the nest right now!

 

Earthquake! A 5.3 on the channel island eagle cam. Starts around :45 second mark...

 

Nature at its finest!!!

Screw the kids, I'm outta here!

 

The remaining baby in the Big Bear nest is trying to lift off now!

 

Stormy is trying to figure out this flying thing. I caught him opening his wings into the headwind and hopping abound, but no lift off. Its time, because mom is sleeping standing perched because there is no room in the nest.

 

Stormy is gone, mom and dad look upset. We will see if he returns.

 

Stormy fell off.

https://www.ocregister.com/2018/04/26/bald-eagle-chick-falls-out-of-nest/

 

oh no..hope they find him flying around.

 

He was about ready to fledge, they say.

Am I the only one who finds it strange that this article is in the "Crime & Public Safety" section???

 

just saw a Twitter feed that they see him perched about 20 feet below the nest on another branch.

 

Q: Where did you fly in from?

A: From about 20 feet up the tree

 

Glad the chick is safe..
I thought Michael Cohen made old stormy disapear for good.

 

Damn, Stormy must have gotten the talk from him parents about how they are a protected species. He just wanted to see to what extent.

 

781 lost souls watching an empty nest live feed this morning.

 

Update:
Stormy hung in there on the branch he fell to. Currently he is flying and all good. Sat he flew back to the nest. Proud mom and dad were there to welcome him back.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1895171640513361

As for the other nest in Ventura with 3 chicks that feed has been down for a week.

 

That is super cool, thanks for the update!

 

This was the big story today at work!