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A peaceful night was filled with excitement as Jackie had to flush a Sub-Adult off the basement twice!
Looks like the visitor molted at least once, i.e. hatched in 2022 or earlier. There is no way to determine whether it was Spirit or another bird.
It may or may not be the same bird that visited on 2/13 • FOBBV CAM🦅Roosting Gui...
What do those Sub-Adults want? In both cases, the intruders looked quite young, likely not yet ready to breed or think about establishing a territory.
It could be they just found a nice and attractive place to roost, right in Jackie and Shadow's domain.
The current nesting area is an old communal roost for bald eagles. Decades ago there were many more visiting wintering eagles at Big Bear Lake, it was not unusual to see dozens at a time. As the lake became more developed, the wintering population has decreased.
🪶Raptor Vocab 101: Aging🪶Juvenile = 1st year, Sub-Adult = between Juvenile & Adult, Immature = either Juvenile or Sub-Adult, Adult = Definitive plumage➡ bit.ly/3tcOWHe
🥚Egg1 was laid 1/25 16:55 bit.ly/48OfNt5 . 🥚Egg2 was laid 1/28 13:59 bit.ly/3OkpEi7 . 🥚Egg3 was laid on 1/31 17:58 bit.ly/3SGTwb5 . Pip Watch begins on 2/29
ℹResident Bald Eagle male: Shadow (unbanded) since May 2018. Estimated hatch year: 2014
ℹResident Bald Eagle female: Jackie (unbanded) since September 2016. Estimated hatch year: 2012
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