{"id":18495,"date":"2026-06-28T19:31:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18495"},"modified":"2026-06-28T19:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:31:30","slug":"big-bear-eaglet-sandy-falls-from-tree-live-webcam-is-searching-for-the-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18495","title":{"rendered":"Big Bear eaglet \u2018Sandy\u2019 falls from tree; live webcam is searching for the bird"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>As thousands of viewers watched on a livestream, one of the two Big Bear eaglets \u2013 Sandy \u2013 suddenly fell from a branch on Sunday morning and temporarily disappeared, as the camera operator zoomed over a vast expanse of trees to locate it.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18493\">Angels\u2019 Jo Adell getting his best swing back<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After it was found in a lower tangle of branches, the bird took another spill and disappeared again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m on the live cam now. OMG. I\u2019m having heart palpitations right now. I hope there are no injuries,\u201d Lina Cabanila said in a Big Bear group post that showed the eaglet\u2019s tumble after a collision with its sibling in the \u201cfront porch\u201d branches of the large nest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was bound to happen the way they have been out on a limb then trying to hop-fly over the other to get back to the nest. Hopefully, Sandy will be OK\u2026..\u201d said Larry Pilkinton in the same thread.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need everyone to stay calm,\u201d Friends of Big Bear Valley media manager Jenny Voisard said in a brief interview with the San Bernardino Sun.<\/p>\n<p>Voisard said it appeared that Sandy took a \u201cpremature fledge\u201d \u2013 or flight \u2013 from the nest. It happened shortly after 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJackie is on scene,\u201d she added, referring to one of the eaglet\u2019s parents, who also was spotted among the trees on the webcam shortly after Sandy fell.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 eaglets made their debut on April 4 and 5, part of the extended bird family of Jackie and Shadow, and have been the center of a 24\/7 livestream operated by Friends of Big Bear Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18491\">By some measures, the middle isn\u2019t such a bad place to be<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"youtube-player\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B4-L2nfGcuE?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>An eagle is considered a fledgling after it has grown the necessary feathers and wing muscles that would allow the bird to take its first flight from its nest.<\/p>\n<p>Voisard said earlier this month that eaglets typically fledge from a nest 10 to 14 weeks after birth.<\/p>\n<p>Signs that eaglets are ready to fledge, when a bird is ready for flight, are when they begin to hover in their nest by flapping their wings, Voisard said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ll start to branch out and perch on some of the other branches,\u201d said Vosiard, \u201cThey\u2019ll move out and go out to the \u2018front porch branch.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As nearly 17,000 viewers watched on a live stream on Saturday afternoon, those behaviors were on full display. One of the birds remained on a branch next to the nest, while the other moved between the branch and the nest. Both stretched their wings out at times, appearing on the verge of taking flight.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday morning, more than 20,000 viewers were watching the live camera.<\/p>\n<p><span><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"youtube-player\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/41eq4VzCYc4?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Voisard previously said that Sandy and Luna are likely to stick around for some time after they have fledged from the nest, remaining under the care of their eagle parents and learning from them.<\/p>\n<p>The young eagles don\u2019t stay for long, though.<\/p>\n<p>Within weeks of leaving the nest, the young birds migrate hundreds of miles north to join others of their kind in search of salmon and other food, according to the state\u2019s Department of Fish and Wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18490\">Search for missing Marine lost from USS Anchorage in training off Southern California becomes recovery mission<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Staff writers Samantha Gowen and Sean Emery contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of viewers were watching as the eaglet took the long tumble. &#8216;I&#8217;m having heart palpitations,&#8217; 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