Fans of Big Bear’s Condor Family – the stars of their own webcam reality show – Watching the winter, parents Jackie and Shadow finally welcomed offspring to the nest after several previous attempts caused heartbreak. Now, in just 2½ months, their Eagles have sprouted.
Time flies - Now one day, so will Sunny and Gizmo.
Birds are expected to escape or fly for the first time between 10 and 14 weeks of age. Sunny turned 10 weeks old Tuesday, and Gizmo hit Mark on Saturday.
On April 3, in their nest, in a nest overlooking Jeffrey Pine, a big bear lake, is shown for the hatching strips.
(Friends of Okuraya)
Sandy Steers said the couple is now about 3 feet tall and the same size as Dad’s shadow. The biologist is executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley, a nonprofit that runs a 24-hour nest cam that spys feathery families in the towering Jeffrey Pine overlooking Big Bear Lake. Since 2015, thousands (and sometimes even thousands) have been joining CAM.
She said the Eaglets' wingspan now extends to more than 5 feet. The four-person shares have a nest distance of 6 feet but are getting more crowded, while the Eagles are clumsy.
According to Steers, they have been "wingspan" for weeks.
She said stretching and flapping your wings in the nest will increase the balance of muscles and honing. At first, the hatcheries “flapped their little wings and turned over”, but now they jumped over the nest while flapping.
She said it would not happen until the Hawks are fully physically grown, which happens between 10 and 14 weeks. Any time next month, Sunny and Gizmo will jump out of the nest and fly away. "But they usually do that," Steers said.
However, parenting has not stopped at this point. Once their descendants escape, “Jackie and the Shadow will follow them around the area, showing them how to get food… and take care of them because they don’t know how to take care of themselves yet.”
This will last for two or three months as the Eagles learn how to support themselves. Then, Sunny and Gizmo might free up parts and “stalk around the other teenagers,” Steers said.
Ah, kids. They grew up.
It seems like a few months ago (it was) that Hawkeye devotees were following Jackie and Shadow Legend, both exciting and frightening as the couple looked at the three’s eggs. This is the second consecutive year they have a rare three-egg clutch. But last winter - one had a few hours on her nest, covered in snow, trying to keep the eggs warm one winter, none of the three hatched.
There are triplets this year. The "cute fluff ball" described on Facebook is an appeal to the audience. But one of the chicks died in the nest after a blizzard brought over 2 feet of snow to the area.
According to the American Eagle Foundation, a teenage vulture has less than 50% chance of its first year of life.
Since installing the webcam, only three chicks have escaped, which is normal, it is normal.
Experts say that besides the dangerous first year, vultures usually live in the wild for 15 to 30 years, although Steers pointed out to a band's Eagle, he scored 38 years.
Jackie and Shadow will soon become hollow as Sunny and Gizmo prepare to strike on their own. But there is little time, Big Bear's only full-year-round hawk will be family planning again.
"They usually start rebuilding their nests in mid-October," Steers said.
In late December, new eggs may be in the nest.