Baby BALD EAGLES, California (live video)

BigBearGrizzly.net; Friendsofbigbearvalley.org; Xochitl, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

There are no baby Bigfeet at Big Bear, kids.*

Last week a bald eagle [named Lucy, who is mating with Ricky] near Big Bear Lake laid two eggs, just in time for the public January bald eagle count Saturday, Jan. 13th.

The eagle and her mate are year-round residents of the area. The eggs should hatch after about 35 days, around Feb. 10, 2018.

(Bald Eagel Cam) LIVE Nest Watch from Big Bear Lake, California

 

“This is part of the story of bald eagle population recovery nationwide,” said Robin Eliason, a U.S. Forest Service biologist.

“We think these are the first eggs laid by this young female. We do not know for sure because she’s not banded, but some of us are convinced that the female is the first bald eagle recorded to be hatched in the San Bernardino Mountains [east of Los Angeles], which was in 2012.”

 

Big Bear Lake is a small city in San Bernardino County, California, located in the San Bernardino Mountains surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest (wiki).

 

*We don't exist, so don't worry if you see us.

Because bald eagles will abandon nests if disturbed, the Forest Service has closed the area to all public entry through June 22, the duration of the nesting season. “We’re very concerned about people trying to get close for photographs, viewing, etcetera,” Eliason said.

 

Better viewing can be found from the comfort of one’s home, anyway. The nonprofit group Friends of the Big Bear Valley installed a livestream camera on the nest in 2016, which is still active.

• The Big Bear Bald Eagle Cam streams live on YouTube.

Four eagles, including the nesting pair, were spotted around Big Bear Lake by 35 citizen scientists at the Dec. 2017 bald eagle count. More

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