Bald Eagle Power Couple Hatches Eaglets After Years of Tragic Losses, on Video

One other movie star energy couple in Southern California simply welcomed new offspring into their flock this week … however you may want to take a look at their webcam to get a better look!

Jackie and Shadow, a pair of bald eagles residing excessive up in a tree in Large Bear Valley — about two hours east of L.A. — welcomed two new eaglets late Monday evening and Tuesday morning, and a digicam captured the second dwell as two of three eggs lastly broke open after weeks of anticipation.

Jackie and Shadow have had eaglets earlier than — in 2019 and 2022 — however they misplaced a pair of eggs in 2023 to a brutal encounter with ravens, and misplaced three extra in March 2024 when snowy climate buried Jackie and the eggs.

As you’ll be able to see this time round, Jackie fastidiously shifts her weight atop one new hatchling, holding it heat because the new child stretches and adapts to its new life on digicam.

This 145-foot-high nest within the San Bernardino Nationwide Forest has actual historical past — initially occupied by Jackie’s dad and mom, Lucy and Ricky, Jackie returned to reclaim the nest to proceed her lineage after venturing out on her personal.

She was quickly seduced by a single male suitor, an eagle named Mr. B — they usually had one eaglet collectively, named Stormy — however their romance was lower quick when a brand new mysterious baldy named Shadow chased off Mr. B in 2018 … and these two have been collectively ever since.

Monday additionally occurred to be the third birthday of their first eaglet collectively, Spirit. However these two newbies do not have names simply but. And the third continues to be ready to pip — the cracking of the egg from the within, indicating it is on the way in which out.

The conservation group Friends of Big Bear Valley arrange the digicam within the forest to seize particular moments for scientific examine and to supply the general public a enjoyable interplay with nature … with out folks having to trek out into the snow — particularly since eagles are likely to abandon their nests once they’re disturbed by people.