Posted on 01/12/2021 10:28:52 AM PST by nickcarraway
A bald eagle that lost her first egg to ravens last week is now keeping vigil over her new egg, which she laid Saturday.
The eagle, named Jackie, laid the egg at about 4:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the Friends of Big Bear. The group has a webcam watching over Jackie and her nest, near Big Bear Lake.
On Sunday, more than 1,800 people peeked in on Jackie tending the egg.
Jackie had laid her first egg last week, but it was lost to raven just five days ago.
This new egg is expected to be a Valentine’s Day hatchling.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
In WA, we easily have 10x the counts we had when I was growing up here in the ‘60s.
Those nature cams are really cool..........
I used to go up the Skagit river to around Marblemount during January and watch the eagles feasting. If you were lucky you could see a dozen or more at a time.
Jackie must be single.
Yeah my wife decided to get into watching the Bald eagles during mating season A few years ago...I warned her about TWO things. The survival rate of the chicks is only around 60% and the parents are very indiscriminate about what they bring back to the nest for food. Most of the time its pretty routine prey, fish, other birds...but occasionally its not.
Jackie has a male counterpart. His name is Shadow. He can be seen at the nest sometimes sitting on the egg.
You can see them on YouTube at FOBBV (Friends of Big Bear Valley).
Sort of symbolic of the country, only the ravens are winning at the moment.
Counterpart? Is that what they are calling it today these days? Is this out of sensitivity to gays?
Nowadays, you can see half dozen at Juanita Bay.
Sort of symbolic of the country, only the ravens are winning at the moment.
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Do we need to see a picture of the raven?
Jackie’s mate, Shadow, didn’t realize the first egg had been laid and didn’t show up at the nest for a long time. She got hungry and left to hunt and that’s when the raven ate the egg.
Shadow knows the second egg is here and he’s bringing some food to the nest and taking his turns brooding.
Many times when an egg is lost so soon, a third egg will be laid and that’s what we’re hoping for this time.
Big Bear is one of many nests I follow every year. :-)
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I lived in Big Bear in 1971-1973.
You can even hug one - right up until to claws your face off with razor-sharp talons! And the Winery is nearby!
Prairie du Sac Hydroelectric Dam: Continue on Water Street (Hwy. 78) north of Prairie du Sac about one mile, and turn right on Dam Road. Follow the signs to the dam. Please stay in your car to watch the eagles fishing. Wollersheim Winery: Take the Highway 60 bridge east from Prairie du Sac to Highway 188 and turn right (south). The winery is approximately one mile on the left. Stop inside the winery before viewing. Eagles frequent the bluffs behind the winery.
There are two eagles that fly over Fort Bragg/Fayetteville NC and they usually hover over an area halfway to Hope Mills over my friend’s home area.
The family residence in Fayetteville has a Hawk in our Pine Tree jetting up from the other trees just on the edge of field shaped like a ‘L’ at the most advantageous point.
Our hawk has an endless supply of field mice, rabbits, fox, possum, racoon, and other small fare, along with birds.
I am amazed that an eagle can become a city dweller. Our hawk also surprises me as well, but at least my tree’s location and the 4-6 regrowth in the field harbors an increasing amount of wildlife.
I am building two Owl houses which is a big project given they must be fairly high up.
Cool story. They certainly are on the comeback. We’ve got a good. Umber around d us too now. They were absent for a lot of years. I’ve been seeing them from time to time the last few years.
I don’t know how fierce bald eagles are,, but Golden eagle s are very fierce creatures, fearless practically. Here is video of them taking down A
Wolf. Hunters use them to hunt wolves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TItHEUOXCeI
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