Sad News for Big Bear Bald Eagle Chick

[Hankmacaw]

Mother nature is not always very motherly. Fly high and free little chick.

6-week-old bald eagle who hatched live on webcam dies: US Forest Service | Fox News

 

[iamwhoiam]

One of my classmates shared that with me today. Very sad. Snow and very cold weather in May in Big Bear....weather here (So. CA) has been weird.

 

[Begone]

Very sad, for us and his parents.

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

That is sad. I wonder if the parents will remove the chick from the nest?

 

[Lady Jane]

Aww

 

[Begone]

That is sad. I wonder if the parents will remove the chick from the nest?

I was thinking the same. But I think they will, and when they do they most be even more sad. (I know that is human feelings, but for some how they most realize that they are throwing out their own baby. )

 

[EkkieLu]

Poor little guy. How heartbreaking...

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

The deceased chick is still in the nest just now.. and an adult eagle is next to the nest too.. must be the female.

 

[Birdbabe]

Awwww,

 

[Begone]

The deceased chick is still in the nest just now.. and an adult eagle is next to the nest too.. must be the female.

One of his parents are trying to wake him up now, so sad to see.

 

[BeanieofJustice]

Poor baby, fly high little one.

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

had to peek.... they're sleeping. Ssshhhhhhhh.....

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

Baby just woke up, stretched, got up, pooped over the edge and is back off to slumberland... Mom is in a dead sleep.

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

Mom just woke up... pooped, called out a few times and tucked her head back in. Interesting! I need to be tucking my head in...

 

[Icey]

One of the adults is trying to move the dead baby...soo sad

 

[Hankmacaw]

Ahaa. For those of you who didn't know (like I didn't), the female is the larger of a pair of Bald Eagles.

"The most obvious differences between male and female Bald eagles are their size. Females are usually a third of the size larger than males. Females tend to weigh between ten to fifteen pounds more. Females will typically have a wingspan of up to eight feet. Whereas the males weigh between five to ten pounds less, with a wingspan reaching up to six feet."
Male and Female American Bald Eagles, similar, but not the same • Citizen Potawatomi Nation

 

[Hankmacaw]

Right now at 9:08 in the Big Bear nest, the mother bird is eating the dead baby. I wondered if that might happen, because to throw away any resources is not common in the wild.

 

[Icey]

Right now at 9:08 in the Big Bear nest, the mother bird is eating the dead baby. I wondered if that might happen, because to throw away any resources is not common in the wild.

Yes, I've been watching them. It is sad, but it is near the edge of the nest now so the healthy baby has more room.
I've been so engrossed with this I didn't make dinner for hubby yet lol

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

One of the adults is trying to move the dead baby...soo sad

It's still there on the edge of the nest. Glad I didn't see that.

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

Right now at 9:08 in the Big Bear nest, the mother bird is eating the dead baby. I wondered if that might happen, because to throw away any resources is not common in the wild.

Glad I missed that! The dead baby is still there though. The adult in the nest is eating a fish right now. I wondered if the people monitoring the nest would go up and remove the baby but thought too it would be risky to do that. I wouldn't want to see the other baby get frightened and jump out. I did see a leg band on the right leg a few hours ago.