{"id":440539,"date":"2026-01-31T08:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T08:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/440539\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T08:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T08:58:13","slug":"ravens-damage-both-big-bear-bald-eagle-eggs-san-bernardino-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/440539\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens damage both Big Bear bald eagle eggs \u2013 San Bernardino Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just days after Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow had their second egg of 2026<\/a>, both eggs appear to be cracked and ruined.<\/p>\n

A little before noon on Friday, Jan. 30, the two eagles, whose annual nesting has been livestreamed since 2015<\/a>, took a break from their nest.<\/p>\n

\u201cJackie and Shadow left the nest area for quite some time this afternoon, which was a little uncharacteristic of them,\u201d said Jennifer Voisard, media and website manager for the environmental nonprofit group Friends of Big Bear Valley<\/a>, which operates the camera. \u201cWe didn\u2019t hear their vocalizations or anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not even when a raven landed nearby and then eventually moved into the nest with the eggs.<\/p>\n

The livesteam attracts thousands of viewers each day. And on Friday, fans of the bald eagle pair watched live what came next.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the ravens was pecking at an egg and broke the shell,\u201d viewer Christine Bartos Werlein posted<\/a> on Facebook. \u201cI hope Jackie and Shadow are ok!\u201d<\/p>\n

Something didn\u2019t look quite right to the Friends of Big Bear Valley. When they zoomed in the camera, everyone\u2019s worst fears were confirmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we zoomed in, we saw a crack in it,\u201d Voisard said.\u00a0\u201cWe believe they have breached the other egg as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

One or both eggs may have been cracked before the ravens arrived, she said, which would explain why the parents felt comfortable leaving the eggs for more than an hour.<\/p>\n

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A raven moves an egg from the nest of Jackie, one of the famous Big Bear bald eagles, on Jan. 30, 2026. (Courtesy of Friends of the Big Bear Valley)\n<\/p>\n

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A raven destroys an egg from the nest of Jackie, one of the famous Big Bear bald eagles, (Courtesy of Friends of the Big Bear Valley)\n<\/p>\n

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A bald eagle returns to its nest after a raven destroyed an egg on Jan. 30, 2026. (Courtesy of Friends of the Big Bear Valley)\n<\/p>\n

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A raven moves an egg from the nest of Jackie, one of the famous Big Bear bald eagles, on Jan. 30, 2026. (Courtesy of Friends of the Big Bear Valley)\n<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s still possible that Jackie could lay more eggs this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s done it before,\u201d Voisard said.\u00a0\u201cBut it only happens if it\u2019s early enough and her hormones can reset.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackie and Shadow have chicks that are able to leave their nest on their own, known as \u201cfledglings<\/a>,\u201d a little less than half the time.<\/p>\n

In recent years, Jackie and Shadow\u2019s chicks have struck out on their own in 2019, 2022 and 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Voisard and the other volunteers know better than most that nature is unsentimental and that eggs get devoured by predators or chicks might not make it to adulthood<\/a>. But that doesn\u2019t make it not hurt.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou feel the emotions, you\u2019re sad for them, you\u2019re sad for yourself, you\u2019re sad for all the people who are connected to them, but at the same time, you\u2019re hopeful that life keeps going and finds a way,\u201d Voisard said. \u201cJackie and Shadow, no matter what happens, they keep moving forward and find a way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re sad, but we\u2019re optimistic and happy we can see whatever we get to see, because Jackie and Shadow are so special.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just days after Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow had their second egg of 2026, both eggs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[1147,203294,89059,2356,3,55336,182614,79,452,201],"class_list":["post-440539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-big-bear","tag-big-bear-lake","tag-california","tag-news","tag-san-bernardino-county","tag-san-bernardino-mountains","tag-science","tag-top-stories","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}