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<v Speaker 1>Let's say good morning now to Sandy Steers with friends

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<v Speaker 1>of Big Bear Valley. Sandy, I have to tell you,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so addicted to our eagles that I was over

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<v Speaker 1>in Paris and checked on them several times while we

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<v Speaker 1>were on vacation.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm glad to hear that they're doing great. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>We love to hear that. So we've kind of hit

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<v Speaker 3>a milestone.

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<v Speaker 1>Sonny is officially ten weeks old, and Gizmo, who hatched

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<v Speaker 1>like five days after Sunny, I think, is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be ten weeks on.

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<v Speaker 3>Saturday, right, Yes, Okay? And what does that mean?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that means that, well, it's between ten and

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<v Speaker 2>fourteen weeks is the average for when bald eagles fled

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<v Speaker 2>or fly from the nest for the first time?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>And how you're watching them? We're all watching. A lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people are still watching them. I think there's I

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<v Speaker 1>just looked at the numbers. There's about thirty thousand watching

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<v Speaker 1>them right now.

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<v Speaker 3>What are they.

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<v Speaker 1>Doing and what are we looking for to show that

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<v Speaker 1>they're kind of ready ready to take off?

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<v Speaker 2>They've been doing lots of flapping and running around the

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<v Speaker 2>nest to get their wings ready and know how to

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<v Speaker 2>balance with their wings and to build the muscles to

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<v Speaker 2>and now they're jumping up and down as they flap

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<v Speaker 2>and even getting a little bit of air underneath their

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<v Speaker 2>feet for a half a second. Maybe.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so those are little practice jumps, But when they

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<v Speaker 1>actually leave the nest for the first time, there's no practicing.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's a do or die situation for them, right.

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<v Speaker 2>They just they well, they wouldn't die, they would just

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<v Speaker 2>glide if they couldn't fly. But they can when they're ready,

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<v Speaker 2>when they feel like they can really do this and

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<v Speaker 2>they have their confidence, say, jump off the limb and fly.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh I can't wait to see this. I'm so excited

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<v Speaker 3>for them. So then, Sandy, I'm kind of curious too.

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<v Speaker 1>When they take off, do they come right back to

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<v Speaker 1>the nest or do they stay away for a while

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<v Speaker 1>or is it just sort of a wait and see thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Do we really know?

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<v Speaker 2>We don't really know. Mostly they don't come right back.

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<v Speaker 2>They at least for a day or sometimes a few hours.

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<v Speaker 2>They stay away from the nest. Sometimes they have to

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<v Speaker 2>build their muscles enough to be able to fly high

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<v Speaker 2>enough to get back up to the nest after they

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<v Speaker 2>fly away, but they can come and all of Jacki

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<v Speaker 2>and Shadow's chicks have at some point come back to

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<v Speaker 2>the nest and visited several times and come back when

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<v Speaker 2>they need food. Although Jackie and Shadow will be following

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<v Speaker 2>them around bringing them food. Yeah, oh, okay, bringing them

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<v Speaker 2>food and showing them how to hunt and things like that,

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<v Speaker 2>or a fish. Really for a couple of months, that's

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<v Speaker 2>so cool.

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<v Speaker 1>So do they then the kids followed Jackie and Shadow

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<v Speaker 1>around and watch them hunt, right?

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<v Speaker 2>They? Yeah, they watch them. They'll learn how to fish,

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<v Speaker 2>and Jackie and schatdo will bring them food and and

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<v Speaker 2>they don't always know they'll follow, so Jackie and Schattle

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<v Speaker 2>will find and follow them to make sure that they're

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<v Speaker 2>getting plenty of food and learning what they need.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, And then you said that that Sonny and Gizmore

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<v Speaker 1>are watching mom and dad. Do they watch them fly too?

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't really paid attention to that, because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they're they're flying in and out all the time. Do

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<v Speaker 1>they seem interested in what they're doing the parents are doing?

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<v Speaker 2>They do that. They very often will watch them fly

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<v Speaker 2>away and you can see them, you know, like tilt

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<v Speaker 2>their heads and look around to see where they went. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, and we anticipate that Sonny would be the first

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<v Speaker 1>to go because she's she or he is older, right,

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<v Speaker 1>Gizmo try to follow or do they really instinctually wait

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<v Speaker 1>until they're ready.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know for sure. We haven't had two chicks

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<v Speaker 2>that were ready to fledge at the same time before,

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<v Speaker 2>so we'll have to wait and see what happens. Most

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<v Speaker 2>likely Gizmo wouldn't go unless it felt really ready, but.

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<v Speaker 3>We okay, and so we continue to see.

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<v Speaker 1>We have the camera sitting above the nest in Big

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<v Speaker 1>Bear Lake, and Sandy tell us how if people want

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<v Speaker 1>to help keep that funded because this is a five

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<v Speaker 1>O one c. If anyone wants to make a donation

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<v Speaker 1>to help out the eagles or maybe buy an eagle calendar,

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<v Speaker 1>where do they go to do that?

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<v Speaker 2>To our website, Friends of Big Bear Valley dot org

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<v Speaker 2>and it has all of that there.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Sandy Steers, Friends of Big Bear Valley will be

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<v Speaker 1>watching our eglitz.

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<v Speaker 3>We're so excited they're gonna fly soon. Thanks so much, Sandy,