Go, Gizmo! Both Big Bear eaglets fly away from nest

Both of Big Bear’s famous bald eaglets have left the nest.

Gizmo, the younger eaglet, took her first flight today. That’s five days after Sunny first took flight and about three weeks since “Fledge Watch” began.

Eagles typically fledge, or take their first flight, between 10 to 14 weeks old. Gizmo is right about time, at about 13 weeks old.

Mixed emotions

This is a bittersweet moment for the tens of thousands of fans who’ve regularly tuned in — day and night — since Jackie laid three eggs in late January.

One chick, the eldest, did not survive a severe winter storm that dumped 2 feet of snow on the nest overlooking Big Bear Lake. Known initially as Chick 1 , the chick was later named Misty , in honor of a late Friends of Big Bear Valley volunteer.

The two surviving ch