{"id":588245,"date":"2026-04-06T02:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/588245\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T02:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:42:09","slug":"big-bear-bald-eagles-jackie-and-shadow-welcome-two-eaglets-on-easter-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/588245\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow welcome two eaglets on Easter weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s an Easter Sunday to remember for Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow<\/a>, who welcomed a pair of eaglets this weekend in front of 2.5 million social media followers.<\/p>\n

The first chick hatched late Saturday at 11:33 p.m. while the second emerged Sunday at 8:30 a.m., according to Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit group that oversees the couple\u2019s webcam.<\/p>\n

The cam has followed Jackie and Shadow, who have been mating since 2018, and made the birds worldwide celebrities and regular fixtures of morning TV shows.<\/p>\n

The livestream is believed to be the most viewed of any year-round nature cams on YouTube.<\/p>\n

The two chicks will be named by the third-graders at a school in Big Bear, according to Jenny Voisard, media manager for Friends of Big Bear Valley.<\/p>\n

Observers spotted what appeared to be a pip \u2014 or breach in the eggshell \u2014 on Friday. Hatching typically takes 24 to 48 hours after the first pip, the nonprofit said. As of Friday morning, a bit of shell could be seen popping out on the top of the egg.<\/p>\n

Video footage posted by the nonprofit shows a close-up of the cracked shell in the nest as winds blow and an eagle stands guard.<\/p>\n

By Saturday, the first chick had popped its head out of the shell. Friends of Big Bear Valley noted in a Facebook post<\/a> that a bird is not considered hatched until it is completely free of the shell. Watchers on Saturday spotted what appeared to be a pip in the second egg.<\/p>\n

By Sunday, both were hatched and appeared healthy. <\/p>\n

Webcam viewers will have a short window to catch the two eaglets before they leave the nest. It takes 10 to 14 weeks for them to fledge, Voisard said.<\/p>\n

The births are a triumph for Jackie and Shadow, who lost a clutch in late January. Ravens ate the couple\u2019s two eggs<\/a> when they were left unattended for several hours.<\/p>\n

The couple went back to work, and Jackie laid two new eggs in late February.<\/p>\n

Last year, the couple raised two daughters \u2014 Gizmo and Sunny<\/a> \u2014 who went on to fledge.<\/p>\n

Times staff writer Lila Seidman<\/a> contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s an Easter Sunday to remember for Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow, who welcomed a pair…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,287545,232185,22618,287549,51797,287547,9371,227297,287550,287546,118722,287548,27496,128,140790,125482,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-588245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-baby-eaglet","11":"tag-big-bear","12":"tag-couple","13":"tag-easter-sunday","14":"tag-egg","15":"tag-first-chick","16":"tag-friends","17":"tag-jackie","18":"tag-jenny-voisard","19":"tag-late-saturday","20":"tag-nest","21":"tag-nonprofit-group","22":"tag-pip","23":"tag-science","24":"tag-shadow","25":"tag-shell","26":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}