Speaker 1: Let's say good morning now to Sandy Steers with friends
Speaker 1: of Big Bear Valley. A very exciting day in the nest, Sandy, Hello.
Speaker 2: Yes we do. It's very exciting to see them out.
Speaker 1: Okay, So tell us what when did this start? And
Speaker 1: is it pretty normal to have it take about this
Speaker 1: long for them to come out or did they come
Speaker 1: out extra quick?
Speaker 3: It's pretty it was pretty normal. The last one, you know,
Speaker 3: one day is on the fast side, but it's not
Speaker 3: faster than usual, okay. And both of them took about well,
Speaker 3: the first one took about a little over a day
Speaker 3: and the second one took about a day.
Speaker 1: Okay. So the first one was officially hatched, and they
Speaker 1: start with the pipping that's when they break through the shell,
Speaker 1: and then you consider them hatched once they're completely.
Speaker 2: Out, Yes, when they're out of the shell, okay.
Speaker 1: And the second one just finished hatching like an hour ago.
Speaker 4: Yes, yes, that's correct.
Speaker 1: Okay, So what happens now? What does now that they've
Speaker 1: got two eaglets and we've we still have a third
Speaker 1: egg that could hatch. Maybe we don't know yet. It's
Speaker 1: still within the window of time for it to be
Speaker 1: able to be viable, right.
Speaker 4: Yes, that's correct, it still could hatch.
Speaker 2: It was only thirty four days yesterday, and they don't
Speaker 2: even really start hatching until at least thirty five.
Speaker 1: Okay, so now we're watching the third egg. But we've
Speaker 1: got two little babies out. And what do Jackie in
Speaker 1: shadow now do to keep them safe? Protect them? What
Speaker 1: are we what are we going to be looking for?
Speaker 2: Well, they will be you know, covering them as usual
Speaker 2: and probably taking turns if Jackie let's shadow have his turn,
Speaker 2: and they will be starting to feed them as soon
Speaker 2: as the chick drives off a little bit and can
Speaker 2: sit up. It takes it a while before it can
Speaker 2: even hold its head up, and then they will start
Speaker 2: feeding it little bits, feed both of them little bits
Speaker 2: of food, and we'll watch and few what happens. But
Speaker 2: they will start bringing more and more fish and other
Speaker 2: food to the nest and kind of stored along the side,
Speaker 2: so there's plenty there for Whenever they stand up, they
Speaker 2: will start trying to feed the chicks.
Speaker 1: Okay, and they immediately go right to like fish and
Speaker 1: other meat, right.
Speaker 4: Yes, yeah.
Speaker 2: The parents will break off little pieces of fish and
Speaker 2: or ducks usually and start feeding tiny pieces to the chick.
Speaker 1: Okay, and then sandy. We know that we've got another
Speaker 1: rainstorm coming. We just had some snow in the nest.
Speaker 1: And I saw Jackie the other day. Does she sat
Speaker 1: there as hail fell on her? I mean, she just
Speaker 1: weather's the storm. But one, I mean, the chicks are
Speaker 1: okay if another heavy rainstorm.
Speaker 4: Comes in, Yes, the chicks are okay.
Speaker 2: Sorry, I've got she's calling in the background. The chicks
Speaker 2: are fine, and they will keep them covered. And they
Speaker 2: don't have waterproof feathers yet, so that's why they keep
Speaker 2: them covered the whole time. But Jackie and Shadow are
Speaker 2: very good at that, so they will be fine through
Speaker 2: the storm. And Jackie and Shadow are sort of waterproofed,
Speaker 2: so they will also be fine.
Speaker 1: I love that. And I know that I've been watching
Speaker 1: obviously you have been watching. Pretty much everyone here at
Speaker 1: KFI has been watching the Big Bear Eagle cam. So
Speaker 1: how many people are watching this?
Speaker 2: Yesterday we had I think it was fifty nine thousand
Speaker 2: and something we're watching at the same time.
Speaker 1: It's just I mean, it's just it's just nature. But
Speaker 1: you say it's just nature, it's such a miracle and
Speaker 1: it's so cool to watch Jackie in shadow being the
Speaker 1: parents and like tending to the eggs, and now we're
Speaker 1: going to watch them as they help their babies grow,
Speaker 1: which is another It's just beautiful to watch. So and
Speaker 1: we thank the friends of Big Bear Valley for putting
Speaker 1: that camera up. I know that you guys have to
Speaker 1: maintain that you're a nonprofit. Can people help and donate
Speaker 1: to you guys if they want to keep those cameras going?
Speaker 4: Yes, absolutely.
Speaker 2: On our website we can take donations friends at Big
Speaker 2: Bear Valley dot org. And we also have Eagle merchandise
Speaker 2: that we sell that helps support it as well, So
Speaker 2: any of that helps keep the camera going.
Speaker 1: Eagle merchandise. I love that, Sandy Steers, very exciting day.
Speaker 1: Thanks for making some time to come on and share
Speaker 1: the happy news with us. We love happy news.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're welcome. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1: All right, take care,