Overview
- Rescuers with the San Dimas Raptor Rescue collected a grounded adult eagle early Saturday after cellphone video showed it in a fight with two subadult eagles and took the bird to a specialized rehab facility.
- Friends of Big Bear Valley and rescuers say the bird is likely Jackie but definitive ID is unresolved because she is not banded.
- The Ojai Raptor Center reports the eagle is underweight, alert but weak, diagnosed with anemia and kidney inflammation and is receiving supportive care while further blood and toxicology tests are pending.
- Local residents and San Bernardino County fire crews monitored and protected the grounded bird until wildlife teams arrived and officials have asked the public not to contact rescue or rehab staff to avoid interference.
- Vets are testing for causes such as lead, zinc or rodenticide exposure and say the outcome is uncertain, with the mate Shadow continuing to care for the fledgling eaglets Sandy and Luna at the nest.