Wildlife Encounters

[Mimi]

I assume the kids don't get pushed out to force them to fly like with smaller birds, no?

It sounds like they leave on their own with the parents coming to nest less often.

Ah, I see. So a mild starve 'em into independence.

No, they still bring them fish, but they don't hang around like when they were young. They hang around close by, like on a branch just outside the nest.

[Dr. Medulla]

I assume the kids don't get pushed out to force them to fly like with smaller birds, no?

It sounds like they leave on their own with the parents coming to nest less often.

Ah, I see. So a mild starve 'em into independence.

No, they still bring them fish, but they don't hang around like when they were young. They hang around close by, like on a branch just outside the nest.

What's the incentive for the goslings to leave?

[Mimi]

I assume the kids don't get pushed out to force them to fly like with smaller birds, no?

It sounds like they leave on their own with the parents coming to nest less often.

Ah, I see. So a mild starve 'em into independence.

No, they still bring them fish, but they don't hang around like when they were young. They hang around close by, like on a branch just outside the nest.

What's the incentive for the goslings to leave?

Freedom. Good old fashioned American freedom.

[Dr. Medulla]

It sounds like they leave on their own with the parents coming to nest less often.

Ah, I see. So a mild starve 'em into independence.

No, they still bring them fish, but they don't hang around like when they were young. They hang around close by, like on a branch just outside the nest.

What's the incentive for the goslings to leave?

Freedom. Good old fashioned American freedom.

They show the goslings the ruined towers, they shed a tear, and fly off.

[Sparky]

I assume the kids don't get pushed out to force them to fly like with smaller birds, no?

It sounds like they leave on their own with the parents coming to nest less often.

Ah, I see. So a mild starve 'em into independence.

No, they still bring them fish, but they don't hang around like when they were young. They hang around close by, like on a branch just outside the nest.

I think they've spent the last two nights by themselves, alone in the nest.

[Sparky]

Sunny fledged today, back the slider to 10:46 am if you'd like to see it.

[Dr. Medulla]

Sunny fledged today, back the slider to 10:46 am if you'd like to see it.

So beautiful to see.

[Mimi]

Sunny fledged today, back the slider to 10:46 am if you'd like to see it.

I had a feeling, been watching them all morning and she was hella restless.

[Sparky]

The Friends of Big Bear Valley updated their channel with this clip.

[Sparky]

Gizmo's turn at 7:27 am today. Kind of awkward, hopped, lost her balance, wing hit the branch and off she flew.
As of 8:37 am she's visible sitting on a limb on camera 2.




Camera 2 not embedding for some reason.
https://www.youtube.com/live/LCGYWfbyBWc

[Dr. Medulla]

Gizmo's turn at 7:27 am today. Kind of awkward, hopped, lost her balance, wing hit the branch and off she flew.
As of 8:37 am she's visible sitting on a limb on camera 2.




Camera 2 not embedding for some reason.
https://www.youtube.com/live/LCGYWfbyBWc

A very ungraceful first flight. Clearly the dork of the family.

[Mimi]

Gizmo's turn at 7:27 am today. Kind of awkward, hopped, lost her balance, wing hit the branch and off she flew.
As of 8:37 am she's visible sitting on a limb on camera 2.




Camera 2 not embedding for some reason.
https://www.youtube.com/live/LCGYWfbyBWc

A very ungraceful first flight. Clearly the dork of the family.

That would be how I'd fledge. Sadly.

[Sparky]

Gizmo's turn at 7:27 am today. Kind of awkward, hopped, lost her balance, wing hit the branch and off she flew.
As of 8:37 am she's visible sitting on a limb on camera 2.




Camera 2 not embedding for some reason.
https://www.youtube.com/live/LCGYWfbyBWc

A very ungraceful first flight. Clearly the dork of the family.

I think it was a case of "fledge or fall" that motivated her to take off.

[Sparky]

Friends Of Big Bear Valley added this isolated clip of Gizmo leaving home this morning.

[Sparky]

Friends Of Big Bear Valley added this isolated clip of Gizmo leaving home this morning. Action starts at 1:32 mark.