To say “Thank You” is an understatement. We would not be here without you! We truly appreciate the opportunity to learn and preserve this memory for years on out❤️
1 month ago | 51
Yes, a huge thank you to the volunteers! It's been awesome watching the eagles, come rain or shine. 🦅
1 month ago | 26
This is my first year watching the nest and I can't begin to tell you the appreciation I have for the moderators, the camera operators and FOBBV. I have learned so much from this wonderful little family. I have laughed and I have cried. But none of this would have happened without this fantastic team! Thank you, thank you, thank you! ❤
1 month ago | 18
Huge hugs of appreciation to ALL the volunteers! You make this community so wonderful and special. We are honored with your time, knowledge and patience through all the years! It would not be possible without each and every one of you! 🫂✨🦅
1 month ago | 40
Absolutely the greatest of volunteers!!!!! Thank you so much for all you do!!!!❤❤❤
1 month ago | 18
This is my first year watching the eagles in Big Bear. I am truly amazed how the volunteers have performed on a high level consistently since I first started in the group. Thank you to all the volunteers ❤
1 month ago (edited) | 5
What an incredible team! For all of your “working parts” the final result is flawless! This is the first year I spent in-the-nest with this eagle family. Thanks a million. To all who gave me joy every day. ❤
1 month ago | 7
Watching this Eagle family was my greatest joy and I miss them all so much.
1 month ago | 25
Yes! The best people on earth are in the Big Bear Valley! We are very grateful with these team! Plsss keep us posted about a new adventure! We love you guys with all our hearts 🥰
1 month ago | 16
Thank you Sandy and all the volunteers that bring so much enjoyment to us by sharing these beautiful birds with us. It has brought so much enjoyment and appreciation and respect for nature and wildlife also appreciation for all the hard work that you do to allow us to share in the beauty of it all. Sure do miss our girls. Laid-back Sunny and goofy Gizmo. Thank you so much.
1 month ago | 17
Thank you to Sandy, the Eagle-Eyed Cam Operators and ALL the volunteers at Big Bear FOBBV Team and volunteers around the World! You all have given us so much joy, laughter, knowledge, tears, love, and most of all s sense of a wonderful Eagle community family. I spent many, many days and nights just watching the Cams. I cannot thank you all enough! It has been a true joy to watch Jackie and Shadow's wonderful family grow and flourish. Thank you, thank you, thank you....from the bottom of my heart! 🥰♥
1 month ago | 6
Thank you, Sandy and Volunteers...for all you do to help people observe and appreciate nature and our wild eagles.
1 month ago | 22
Thank you just doesn’t seem like enough. Your tireless efforts and dedication are appreciated and each one of you plays a vital role in this incredible organization allowing people like me to enjoy. From my heart to yours - thank you. ❤
1 month ago | 16
I would never have enjoyed this past winter and spring nearly as much without your GREAT teamwork!! I fell in love with Eagles because of ALL the information I learned from your amazing videos and chats!! Thank you FOBBV from Michigan! 👏 👏 👏
1 month ago | 16
So grateful for the wonderful people who brought so much joy to the world during this nesting season! I certainly appreciate the information and education about this eagle family and nature in general! Many blessings to each of you! ❤
1 month ago | 23
This eagle family was the best antidote to all the dysfunction going on in the world! May Sunny & Gizmo have long productive lives❤ Jackie & Shadow are such amazing parents. Many heartfelt thanks to the FOBBV team for bringing us along for their beautiful journey.🦅🦅
1 month ago | 7
From the bottom of my ❤️ heart, I want to say "thank you" to all of the amazing FOBBV volunteers that have given myself and "all of us" the most wondrous once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of something that for me, and forever...created an extraordinary.... profoundly beautiful place deep in my heart that ❤️ is just overcome with abundant joy. 😢 ( Happy tears) ❤❤❤💙😍
1 month ago | 1
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Thank you, thank you, thank you & a million more thanks!
3 weeks ago | 1
Thank you all so much for how you help the rest of us learn about our wonderful eagles! It really does feel nice to have extended "family" who are willing and able to help the rest of us learn! Jackie and Shadow, Sunny and Gizmo really mean a lot to me and I have learned so much about wildlife in general. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤ for all you do!
1 month ago (edited) | 11
Thank you so much FOBBV volunteers. 🎉. You definitely had your hands full this wonderful season. Cali seems to do everything except climb the tree to service the cam. 😊
1 month ago | 13
FOBBV CAM
It is Volunteer Appreciation Week!
Quiet watchers, eyes so keen,
By the nest, unseen.
Between the branches, you observe and wait,
Each twig that falls, each chirp so slight.
You see it all, both day and night.
We thank you all, with pure delight.
This week we are giving a big HIP HIP HOORAY shout out to all our FOBBV Volunteers.
We absolutely could not do all the things we do without our wonderful volunteers who step up each and every day and donate thousands of hours to support our mission to protect and preserve all the special habitats and species in the beautiful Big Bear Valley. They are the superheroes behind the scenes who help us manage our Social Media pages to provide our community with important updates, answer questions and teach everyone tons of information about Jackie and Shadow and the nature that surrounds them.
One of the first volunteer opportunities we had back in 2019 was in the YouTube live chat as a moderator, where the dynamic environment created the need for observant and innovative folks. Later on, we created our private Facebook group which needed support from its own team of volunteers.
Our YouTube Team is responsible for documenting eagle activity and other events-of-interest happening on the nest. They record every little thing down in the Live Recap and Activity Log. With eagle eyes, they can spot the difference between a shadow and the Shadow sitting in a tree.
The YouTube team allows us to enable regular live chats where we answer all the calls and type quickly to answer questions at high speed. This year, we had a record of 100K concurrent viewers, 680K subscribers and up to 300 comments per minute in our YouTube chat. To manage this engagement and help our community learn more about the eagles and their behaviors, our team has set up and programmed a chatbot - Nightbot - that helps us answer questions and distribute information effectively. Our YouTube Team is also responsible for quizzes, chat games, weekly jigsaw puzzles and much more!
Live Recap:
docs.google.com/document/d/1gx7VP85Gwp1jhHRilStcZM…
Activity Log spreadsheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sbni8PkJchYeOsGqX0…
Glossary, Acronyms & Useful Links:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T9QoUMuuntrqkt7Ra-…
Our Facebook Group Team manages our private Facebook group, which is a complimentary resource for our public Facebook page. The group allows members to create posts and share screen captures and videos taken from our live cameras, pictures from the Big Bear area, or other creations inspired by Jackie and Shadow.
Just like our YouTube channel, the group has grown dramatically this season from 163K to 373K members. We have truly amazing folks on our Facebook team who gladly give their time to approve posts (up to 300 per day!), create daily updates, answer questions and help our community stay connected to our eagle family. That’s why we are all here - to observe and learn about nature.
Facebook Group:
www.facebook.com/groups/fobbv
A huge THANK YOU for all of your work from FOBBV, Jackie, Shadow, Sunny, Gizmo, Fiona, Fast Freddie, all of Big Bear’s wildlife and Sandy!
YouTube Team:
Eaglelover
Just Amy
Christina
JoleZ
Kathy Chortles
Kelsie
Maria Gr
Silent Wings
Cali Condor (team lead)
Facebook Group Team:
Afton Marie
Debbie Shores
Faith Hochgurtel
Janelle Nguyen
Karen Tayman Pugh
Marianna Morreale
Nina Vestergaard
Sandy Woods
Stephanie Ross
Suzanne Kay
Cali Condor (team lead)
Picture collage by Amy.
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