WildLens by Jennifer

08/24/2026

I was lucky enough to see two beavers in the same spot the other evening! Such an exciting experience!

08/21/2026

I got to watch 4 beautiful hummingbirds battle again the wasps for their food last night

08/21/2026

Sometimes my landscape photos make me just as happy as my wildlife photos

08/17/2026

Finally got around to going through my photos from our trip to RMNP. Some adorable baby elk and deer, a buck relaxing in the grass and the cutest little chipmunk

08/15/2026

Beautiful birds I’ve had the privilege of photographing over the last few months 💙

08/15/2026

Love when I get to spot a black squirrel out and about. I used to see them all the time but lately haven’t seen them that often!

08/14/2026

This kingfisher was waiting for the perfect meal

08/12/2026

Two adorable fawns from the other week

08/11/2026

I am so immensely saddened by the loss of Jackie. I remember being in high school when my English teacher introduced our class to a pair of bald eagles with a nest cam. She put that livestream on for us during independent work time and I always found it so fascinating. It wasn’t until much later that I found Jackie and Shadow’s story to follow, but I remember feeling so incredibly grateful for getting the opportunity to observe these beautiful birds. Fly high sweet Jackie, you are so deeply missed by so many people 💙🦅

Jackie was rescued on July 17 after an altercation with two subadult eagles left her grounded near Dana Point Park, about 170 miles from her Big Bear Valley home. Ojai Raptor Center said she passed away in the early hours of Aug. 10, following more than three weeks of treatment for severe anemia and kidney inflammation.

Her care involved nine veterinarians plus representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. She received a blood transfusion from another eagle on July 20 and underwent oxygen therapy, and vets ruled out lead poisoning, cancer and metal objects through extensive testing. Her packed cell volume fell below 6% on Aug. 8, rose to 9% the next day, then she was gone.

Jackie was the first eaglet hatched in Big Bear Valley in 2012. Her fame came from a solar-powered we**am that sits 120 feet off the forest floor, an idea that took two years and $10,000 to make real. Sandy Steers of Friends of Big Bear Valley, who lived half a mile from where Jackie was born, described her as "very determined, very serious, and she expects to get her way."

She found romance with an eagle named Shadow, and the two had been together for nearly a decade and shared eight eaglets. Their most recent, Sandy and Luna, took off for the wild and were last seen on the cam on July 23.

"Soar free Jackie," the center said. Her remains were transferred to the care of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

08/10/2026

Love getting to see these cuties in the warm summer evenings.