{"id":421951,"date":"2026-04-05T22:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/421951\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T22:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:03:11","slug":"big-bear-bald-eagles-jackie-and-shadow-welcome-two-eaglets-on-easter-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/421951\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow welcome two eaglets on Easter weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s an Easter Sunday to remember for Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow<\/a>, who welcomed a pair of eaglets this weekend in front of 2.5 million social media followers.<\/p>\n

The first chick hatched late Saturday at 11:33 p.m. while the second emerged Sunday at 8:30 a.m., according to Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit group that oversees the couple\u2019s webcam.<\/p>\n

The cam has followed Jackie and Shadow, who have been mating since 2018, and made the birds worldwide celebrities and regular fixtures of morning TV shows.<\/p>\n

The livestream is believed to be the most viewed of any year-round nature cams on YouTube.<\/p>\n

The two chicks will be named by the third-graders at a school in Big Bear, according to Jenny Voisard, media manager for Friends of Big Bear Valley.<\/p>\n

Observers spotted what appeared to be a pip \u2014 or breach in the eggshell \u2014 on Friday. Hatching typically takes 24 to 48 hours after the first pip, the nonprofit said. As of Friday morning, a bit of shell could be seen popping out on the top of the egg.<\/p>\n

Video footage posted by the nonprofit shows a close-up of the cracked shell in the nest as winds blow and an eagle stands guard.<\/p>\n

By Saturday, the first chick had popped its head out of the shell. Friends of Big Bear Valley noted in a Facebook post<\/a> that a bird is not considered hatched until it is completely free of the shell. Watchers on Saturday spotted what appeared to be a pip in the second egg.<\/p>\n

By Sunday, both were hatched and appeared healthy. <\/p>\n

Webcam viewers will have a short window to catch the two eaglets before they leave the nest. It takes 10 to 14 weeks for them to fledge, Voisard said.<\/p>\n

The births are a triumph for Jackie and Shadow, who lost a clutch in late January. Ravens ate the couple\u2019s two eggs<\/a> when they were left unattended for several hours.<\/p>\n

The couple went back to work, and Jackie laid two new eggs in late February.<\/p>\n

Last year, the couple raised two daughters \u2014 Gizmo and Sunny<\/a> \u2014 who went on to fledge.<\/p>\n

Times staff writer Lila Seidman<\/a> contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s an Easter Sunday to remember for Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow, who welcomed a pair…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[273],"tags":[188937,150180,5737,188487,67453,18,188939,1330,19,17,18510,159523,188938,43705,188940,83785,133,56211,37937,461],"class_list":["post-421951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-baby-eaglet","tag-big-bear","tag-couple","tag-easter-sunday","tag-egg","tag-eire","tag-first-chick","tag-friends","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jackie","tag-jenny-voisard","tag-late-saturday","tag-nest","tag-nonprofit-group","tag-pip","tag-science","tag-shadow","tag-shell","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116354364482468077","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}