{"id":590815,"date":"2026-04-07T07:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/590815\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T07:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:56:21","slug":"hatchings-of-two-california-bald-eagle-chicks-delight-vast-livestream-audience-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/590815\/","title":{"rendered":"Hatchings of two California bald eagle chicks delight vast livestream audience | California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over Easter weekend, thousands of people tuned in to celebrate something spectacular unfolding 145 feet up a pine tree in southern California<\/a>\u2019s San Bernardino national forest \u2013 the hatchings of two bald eagle chicks.<\/p>\n

Two eaglets were born to Jackie and Shadow, the southern California pair that have become<\/a> avian<\/a> celebrities<\/a> thanks to the webcam that has livestreamed<\/a> their activities since 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of relief, a lot of joy. A lot of laughing and happy tears,\u201d said Jenny Voisard, the media manager for Friends of Big Bear Valley, the environmental education non-profit that manages the live stream.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been an up-and-down season for Jackie and Shadow and the people that love them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this year<\/a>, the couple lost two eggs after ravens swooped into the nest and ate them, devastating the birds\u2019 devoted viewers. Jackie typically lays eggs in January, Voisard said, but was able to lay a replacement clutch after the incident with the ravens.<\/p>\n

The two bald eagle chicks that hatched in southern California\u2019s San Bernardino national forest. Photograph: Friends of Big Bear Valley<\/p>\n

The first chick hatched around 9.30pm on Saturday, and the second on Easter about 8.30am, Voisard said.<\/p>\n

It was met with celebration and an online crowd of adoring fans \u2013 the Los Angeles Times<\/a> reports that the live stream is believed to be the most viewed of its kind on YouTube. Voisard attributes this to the fact that Jackie and Shadow, like all bald eagles, have distinctive personalities, and the live stream offers people the opportunity to see their daily lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are able to really see the dynamics of being a bonded couple and raising chicks and that things don\u2019t always go your way. And they are able to move forward in tough times and that seems to really help people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201dThey provide a lot of joy and humor and hope, but also lessons on resilience and being able to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

The beautiful view of Big Bear Valley, one of the country\u2019s most biologically diverse places, helps too, particularly for people who may not be close to nature or able to leave their homes, Voisard said. The community of people who love the birds have rallied to support them as Friends of Big Bear Valley fights a proposed development near their nest.<\/p>\n

They have raised $1.6m in less than a month, largely via small donations, that will go toward a $10m goal to purchase the land by the end of July for permanent conservation.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jackie and Shadow continue to care for their chicks. On Monday morning the live stream showed the pair feeding the fuzzy grey eaglets, and tiny heads bobbing as they chowed down.<\/p>\n

The early weeks are all about keeping them fed, meaning the nest serves as a kind of pantry with food stocked up and ready to go, as well as protecting the chicks from weather and intruders, Voisard said. The birds mature quickly, and fledge anywhere from 10-14 weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey look different in the evening than they do in the morning and one day is a lot for them,\u201d Voisard said. \u201cIt is the time to get to enjoy all of that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over Easter weekend, thousands of people tuned in to celebrate something spectacular unfolding 145 feet up a pine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-590815","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-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590815","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=590815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}