Big Bear Eagle Cam ~ Banding Day For Stormy ~ Triple B's Body Is Removed 3.28.18

This afternoon, several biologists including Pete Bloom were at the Big Bear nest along with tree climber & bander Joe Papp to band Stormy. The nest is up 150' in a tree on National Forest Land. Banding provides extremely useful information in the tracking of the eagle in migration, nesting and if ever found injured or killed. Stormy received two leg bands - one silver for the Fish & Wildlife and the other a purple band to help with visual identification from a distance. Measurements were taken to determine the gender of Stormy but not blood. Dr. Pete Bloom, Biologist uses feather length in his calculations for determining the sex. The body of Triple B. was picked up and put in a bag. Joe Papp dropped Triple B's body on his way down - listen closely to the words spoken at the end of the video at the 22:26 mark saying "unfortunately I think it fell out". As soon as information is released I will update everyone. Otherwise, the banding was very successful and the parents are in the nest tree. Stormy is 45 days old. Thank you for watching!

Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk

Big Bear eagle cam is located in Big Bear Lake, California. Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNdo6wu_Xug

This camera is provided by The Friends of Big Bear Valley. Learn more about them at https://friendsofbigbearvalley.org/.

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