On Thursday, May 29, Sunny ventured out onto the “high perch” in the nest — a narrow, Y-shaped branch facing the lake — and as the wind picked up, spread her wings and caught air. Sunny hovered for ...

Big Bear eagle Sunny launches from a high branch on her inaugural flight from the nest as Gizmo watches on Monday, June 2, 2025. (Screenshot courtesy of Friends of Big Bear Valley) ...

The background shows: Bald eagle perched on a bare tree branch against a pale sky. A juvenile bald eagle sits on a perch in a barn at Outpost #4 Wildlife Rehabilitation on Oct. 14, 2015 in Delanson.

The young Big Bear Lake bald eagle made the bold move Saturday morning, June 7 — days after her sister Sunny took her first flight Monday, June 2. The big moment came on the day Gizmo turned 13 ...

Sunny, the baby bald eagle in California’s Big Bear Valley, has taken flight. All eyes are now on his sister Gizmo, who may soon follow.

When a rural Worthington man rescued an injured bald eagle from a farmfield in March, his actions were necessitated by a lack of area volunteers to rescue injured raptors. Now, three months later, ...

[Image: Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest] BY ... she left the nest’s Y branch on Monday, June 2, at 10:46 a.m. local time. Gizmo looked on in awe as Sunny made her way to the nearby Roost Tree.