Big Bear-area closure begins as bald eagles work on nest

Following a caller summation successful enactment astatine a bald eagle nest site connected the northwest broadside of Big Bear Lake, the U.S. Forest Service announced the yearly closure of the country to support the raptors made celebrated by a unrecorded video feed.

A camera tally by Friends of Big Bear Valley has caught the couple, named Jackie and Shadow, rearranging sticks intermittently for a fewer months.

A brace of bald eagles named Jackie and Shadow, 1 of whom is seen present bringing successful a instrumentality connected Dec. 5, 2021, are erstwhile again moving connected a nest supra Big Bear Lake. The representation is simply a inactive from the Friends of Big Bear Valley unrecorded nest camera. (Screenshot courtesy of Friends of Big Bear Valley)

According to a Dec. 1 Facebook station by the group, enactment escalated.

First determination was rainbow trout for lunch, past “later successful the afternoon, we had a spot of a astonishment … They some flew in, landed connected the aged snag histrion down the nest and had a infinitesimal … yes, they mated connected camera.”

Two days aboriginal national officials announced the Fawnskin-area closures of the Grout Bay Picnic Area, Grays Peak Trail, and Big Bear Yellow Post Site No. 1.

FAWNSKIN, CA—The yearly bald eagle nesting and situation closure is present successful effect connected the northwest extremity of Big Bear Lake. Help america support the eagles (and hopefully immoderate offspring successful the adjacent future!) by staying retired of the area.

Check retired the closure map: https://t.co/bAcyCrfXrP pic.twitter.com/xQ6bb7VuuG

— San Bernardino National Forest (@SanBernardinoNF) December 3, 2021

“The closure helps support the nesting tract and support earthy bald eagle behavior,” according to a Forest Service quality release. “The taxon is delicate to quality interference and whitethorn wantonness nesting activities, including eggs and offspring, if feeling threatened.”

Other bald eagles besides usage the country for roosting and foraging, according to the release.

An eagle nest cam was archetypal installed successful the country successful 2015 to seizure location beingness of a antithetic pair, Ricky and Lucy. Jackie and a antithetic spouse successfully raised a chick successful the nest successful 2018, and successful 2019 she and Shadow raised different chick.

Since past the brace has had a string of atrocious luck, with eggs that did not hatch, and a chick that was not capable to interruption retired of its shell.

The raptors person been popular. Viewers person checked successful from arsenic acold distant arsenic the United Kingdom and Australia, and a 2021 station garnered 74,000 likes.

Despite their troubles, Shadow brought successful the fist instrumentality of this play connected Oct. 15. Since past the mates made regular visits, past disappeared and came back.

In precocious September the Friends of Big Bear Valley installed a caller nest camera successful a somewhat antithetic position, and moved the aged 1 farther distant for a caller wide-angle changeable of the nest and surrounding area.

Eagle ovum laying-season successful this country begins successful January.

The radical is raising wealth to wage for the camera gear, attraction and much with 2022 Jackie and Shadow calendars which are disposable astatine friendsofbigbearvalley.org.

The unrecorded nest cam provender is disposable astatine youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L2nfGcuE.