Bald Eagles have become more abundant in Orange County in recent years thanks to a ban on DDT which is a pesticide that got into waterways and into the fish that these eagles eat. This caused their eggs to be too thin and would be crushed during incubation. It’s so great to see these majestic animals thriving now! In Orange County, there are currently approximately 6-10 adult bald eagles with some of them successfully hatching chicks each year. Since they are still a sensitive species, it’s impo

While the bald eagles in Big Bear get all the fame, Orange County had our own breeding pair of bald eagles, two breeding pairs actually! 🤯 Jackie and Shadow have had it tough with all the snow up in Big Bear each year but down here in OC, La’i and Scruffy have successfully fledged 2-3 eaglets each year! In this video is La’i, she hatched in 2013 on Santa Rosa Island as part of a recovery effort to bring back the bald eagles from near extinction in the 1950’s due to a pesticide known as DDT. We