{"id":383877,"date":"2026-04-05T23:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/383877\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T23:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:43:09","slug":"big-bear-bald-eagles-welcome-two-babies-to-the-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/383877\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bear bald eagles welcome two babies to the nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 5 (UPI) &#8212; The two famed eagles of Big Bear Lake &#8212; Jackie and Shadow &#8212; welcomed two babies to their nest during the last 48 hours, one year after another eaglet froze to death during a blizzard.<\/p>\n<p>The second of the two chicks finally broke free from its egg at 8:30 a.m. cam time, nearly 12 hours after the first chick escaped its egg after roughly 36 hours of work cracking the shell, the Friends of Big Bear announced on Instagram.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both chicks are doing well, looking great and their journey has just begun,&#8221; FOBB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWwiXAWCvo3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in the post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The organization has for several years run live streaming Big Bear Valley Eagle Cam of the two bald eagles and captured the duo in both happy and sad times.<\/p>\n<p>The two eggs were laid over the course of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/2026\/01\/27\/Big-Bear-Lake-Jackie-Shadow-second-egg\/9931769532348\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">four days in late January<\/a> and noticed on the Livestream at the beginning of the eagles mating season.<\/p>\n<p>Chick 1 was getting its first successful feeding when chick 2 emerged from its shell, FOBB said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Initial feedings are often challenging as the chicks do not have much muscle strength in their nexts,&#8221; FOBB said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this stage, they are often called bobbleheads!&#8221; the organization said. &#8220;The chicks are fed small bits of fish or other prey. &#8230; The parents&#8217; salive [also] is full of electrolytes and antibodies which gives the little ones a good start.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The two eaglets likely will be named in a two-part fundraising contest that FOBB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWvX9pHFdMo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">has used previously<\/a>: A fundraiser to nominate and contest names, and then employing a group of local third-graders to vote on the final names of the chicks.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie and Shadow last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2025\/03\/16\/famed-bald-eagle-couple-baby-bird-dies\/8111742157964\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">successfully hatched three eaglets<\/a> that emerged from their eggs just as a severe snow storm dropped two feet of snow in the area.<\/p>\n<p>As the snow melted, the chicks could be seen again but one of the three died as a result of the nasty weather. The other two, according to FOBB, survived.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pope-delivers-Easter-message-in-St-Peters-Square_1_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"648\" height=\"431\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t Pope Leo XIV celebrates the Easter Mass as part of the Holy Week celebrations at St Peter&#8217;s Square at the Vatican on Sunday. 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