After a typical evening nest exchange, a sub-adult bald eagle followed Jackie to the basement of the nest tree. She had to eject it twice before it got the message.

Correction: we referred to the intruder as a “juvenile” in the video. The proper identification for the visitor is “sub-adult”. There is an excellent explanation of the differences between juvenile and sub-adult bald eagles here: https://avianreport.com/age-and-ident.... Basically, a juvenile is in its first plumage, which replaces the coat of down while the eaglet is still in the nest. A sub-adult (sometimes referred to as immature) is older than one year and has replaced the juvenile plumage for what is called an immature plumage.

Courtesy FOBBVCAM https://friendsofbigbearvalley.org
Nest Cam:    • Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest - Cam 1  
Wide View Cam (Cam 2):    • Big Bear Bald Eagle Wide View Cam  
Recaps & Observations: https://bit.ly/3Md8TSz

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