Trio of eaglets hatch near Lake Natoma

Rowena Shaddox reports

DESCRIBED AS A VERY DIFFICULTTIME FOX FORTY'S ROWENA SHOCKSHAS THAT STORY.I NEVER THOUGHT THAT THEYWOULD BE RIGHT HERE IN MYBACKYARD, THE FIRST TIME I SAWONE FLEW RIGHT OVER MY HEADSEEING A BALD EAGLE IN PERSONIS A BIG ONE THAT ORANGEVILLERESIDENT JUDY FARAH CHECKEDOFF HER BUCKET LIST MOM ANDPOPS A SET UP A NEST HERETHEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR THE PAST4 YEARS, YES, BALD EAGLES THEBIRTH OF FREEDOM AND AN EMBLEMOF THE U.S. SYMBOLIZINGLONGEVITY IN STRENGTH LIVERIGHT HERE IN THE SACRAMENTOAREA NEAR LAKE NUTELLA MYNEIGHBORS AND I WE'VE ADOPTEDTHEM, WE PROTECT THEM ANDTHOSE RESIDENTS HAVE TAKENTHEM TO HEART ESPECIALLY INTHIS TIME OF THE PANDEMIC WHENWE'VE BEEN STAYING AT HOMEAMID UNCERTAINTY AND FEAR, BUTI DID COME OUT HERE EVERY DAYTHAT WAS MY ESCAPE.THOSE ESCAPE FOR EVERYBODY.LOCALS HAVE ENJOYED THE MOMAND POP EAGLES THESE PAST 4YEARS DURING WHICH TIMETHEY'VE HAD 2 SETS OF EAGLETSTO MISSION OF A PHOTOJOURNALISTS LIFETIMEPHOTOGRAPHER SUSAN MAXWELLSKINNER HAS DOCUMENTED THEEAGLES FROM DAY ONE MORE THAN4 YEARS AGO, THEN JUST THISPAST MARCH, MOM EAGLE HAD MOREEAGLETS INITIALLY THERE WERE 2EAGLETS BORN WHICH ARE NAMEDCOURAGE AND HOPE, BUT JUST 8DAYS LATER THERE WAS A 3RDWITHIN A FEW HOURS OF CAREFULWATCHING I DID ABSURD 3 LITTLEFACES LINING UP FOR FOOD.

SO ICALLED THAT THAT BABY AMIRACLE BECAUSE WHAT SWEET AGIFT.

THE FROM THE NATIONALBIRD IN THIS TIME OF NATIONALPERIL THEN THIS MIRACULOUSUNEXPECTED THE BABY WE'RE SOEXCITED.

WE PUT IT WAS LIKESOMETHING REALLY EXCITINGHAPPEN TO SUCH LIKE A CHAOTIC