{"id":365804,"date":"2026-04-06T05:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/365804\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T05:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:05:07","slug":"big-bears-celebrity-bald-eagle-couple-hatch-2-eaglets-following-early-season-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/365804\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bear\u2019s celebrity bald eagle couple hatch 2 eaglets following early season loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The two eaglets that hatched over the weekend mark the pair\u2019s fourth successful brood after they lost two eggs to a raven attack in January.<\/p>\n<p>BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. \u2014 Big Bear\u2019s celebrity eagle couple, Jackie and Shadow, welcomed two baby eaglets over the course of two days on Saturday and Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>After a long 36 hours, the first eaglet completely hatched at 9:33 p.m. on Saturday, marking the pair\u2019s first hatch of the season, according to the Friends of Big Bear Valley. Meanwhile, the second eaglet broke free at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>At the time the second egg cracked open, the Friends of Big Bear Valley camera, which documented the process, showed the first eaglet getting its first successful feeding. The non-profit said that chicks are fed bits of fish or other prey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitial feedings are often challenging as the chicks do not have much muscle strength in their necks,\u201d the nonprofit said in an Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWwiXAWCvo3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This was a big win for the beloved duo after they lost two eggs to a raven attack earlier this season in January. The two eaglets that hatched over the weekend mark the pair\u2019s fourth successful brood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latest development comes as the Friends of Big Bear Valley rallies to save Jackie and Shadow\u2019s habitat from the Moon Camp project, a proposed luxury residential housing development in Fawnskin, just a mile away from the pair\u2019s nest. It is also the pair\u2019s foraging area and home to rare and endangered plant species.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the years, experts have testified and documented that a major housing development would cause \u2018significant detrimental impact&#8217; to the Bald Eagles,\u201d the Friends of Big Bear Valley said in a press release in February. \u201cIn addition to impacting Jackie and Shadow\u2019s ability to raise chicks, there is a real possibility they will leave altogether due to the destruction of the North Shore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the organization, the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust has entered into a limited Purchase Option Agreement to buy the land and to save the eagles\u2019 foraging area for $10 million. Funds will need to be raised before July 31.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday night, Friends of Big Bear Valley has raised \u00a0$1,673,900.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The two eaglets that hatched over the weekend mark the pair\u2019s fourth successful brood after they lost two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[111,139,69,147,406],"class_list":["post-365804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365804","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=365804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}