Triplets at Big Bear…Saturday in Bird World

8 March 2025

Hello Everyone,

In the inbox this morning: “It’s a good morning indeed, Mary Anne!  I hope you have purchased that next small bottle of champagne (and maybe already consumed it?) to celebrate the arrival of #3.  Now my hope is that there are no big storms in a few weeks, when the three chicks are too big to all fit under mom Jackie at once.

The link below showed up in my google news summary on Friday.  It is just a couple of letters to the editor in the Los Angeles Times showing public reaction to the moving drama at Big Bear.  They certainly show how the story of Jackie and Shadow has inspired folks.  What I think about even more myself is what wonderful messages Jackie and Shadow are bringing to all the schoolkids whose teachers are sharing the webcam with their classes.”

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-03-06/letters-to-the-editor-a-bit-of-hope-pecked-its-way-out-of-those-bald-eagle-eggs-in-big-bear

I could not agree with our reader more! That little bottle of champagne, the second one, will be with tonight’s dinner! I am personally over the moon. Elated beyond my dreams for Jackie and Shadow. The entire year could end now and it would be just fine. The happiness this nest has brought has washed away earlier tears. Now I just want Sauces to be as fortunate. Fingers crossed.

I sure hope this third hatch is a scrapper!!!!!!

ABC Chicago: https://youtu.be/6i3gstNb57M?

Just look at these little ones.

Despite all the food, be prepared for bonking.

Lots of food on that nest! Shadow is going to be very busy this year hunting and feeding. I bet he is over the moon with eagle happiness.

Elfruler sent out a post about saliva feeding in eagles. Have a read!

Heidi reports that the ospreys have returned to the Colonial beach nest. I wish they hadn’t. Maybe it will be a different year but with the Menhaden being taken out of the Chesapeake by the millions of tonnes I doubt it.

Pip watch for Moorings Park.

Hartley and Monty are gearing up big for the 2025 breeding season with lots of amorous moments. https://youtu.be/L8teFCA-p2c?

Wisdom, her partner, and her latest chick are doing well on the Midway Atoll.

Wisdom’s previous fledges are also parents!

We will be back with short little posts. Nothing long and arduous until next week. The weather is grand and we need to be outside.

Thank you so much to FOBBV for their streaming cam, to Elfruler for their research, Heidi and Colonial Beach Ospreys, Moorings Park Osprey Cam, SK Hideaways, Mission Blue, Friends of Midway Atoll, ‘B’, The Los Angeles Times, ABC News