{"id":364533,"date":"2026-04-05T06:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/364533\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T06:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:51:07","slug":"jackie-and-shadows-1st-bald-eaglet-of-2026-hatches-in-big-bear-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/364533\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackie and Shadow\u2019s 1st bald eaglet of 2026 hatches in Big Bear \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beloved bald eagle pair Jackie and Shadow&#8217;s first eaglet of 2026 hatched near Big Bear Lake on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>An egg was in the process of hatching as of Saturday morning, and the little bird emerged from its shell at 9:33 p.m., the nest&#8217;s livestream cameras operated by nonprofit Friends of Big Bear Valley showed.<\/p>\n<p>This hatch comes after the couple&#8217;s two eggs, laid in January, were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/video\/news\/local\/ravens-breach-jackie-and-shadows-nest\/3839283\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">breached by ravens<\/a> while both parents were away from the nest, breaking the hearts of many fans.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie then laid a second clutch of eggs in February, which included the one that hatched Saturday. The FOBBV said on social media a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/the-scene\/pip-spotted-repeat-we-pip-big-bear-bald-eaglet-hatching\/3870968\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pip, or a breach in the shell, was spotted<\/a> on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBig Bear eagles Jackie and Shadow have laid a second egg for the 2026 year. This video was broadcast on the NBC4 News at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The second egg appears to have a pip but will not be considered hatched until the eaglet completely exits its shell. The FOBBV said it can take 24-48 hours after the initial pip for that to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Egg laying season in Big Bear runs from January to April, according to the nonprofit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beloved bald eagle pair Jackie and Shadow&#8217;s first eaglet of 2026 hatched near Big Bear Lake on Saturday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[70821,145727,111,139,69,147,406],"class_list":{"0":"post-364533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animals-and-wildlife","9":"tag-big-bear","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}