And new baby makes three: Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow welcome third hatchling

Proud bald eagle parents Jackie and Shadow welcomed a 3rd chick to their feathered household Saturday morning, days aft 2 hatchlings made their debut.

Movement was spotted successful the third ovum via livestream connected Thursday arsenic the days-old hatchlings nestled successful their snowy Big Bear nest. The triplet poked done its ammunition and was mostly disposable conscionable aft 2 a.m. Saturday. It had afloat emerged by 6:13 a.m., conscionable successful clip for food.

“All 3 beauteous bundles of fluff were afloat visible, sitting up and acceptable for breakfast,” Friends of Big Bear Valley shared on its Facebook page. “They each look dry, steadfast and afloat of energy. As they jostle astir for positioning, the newest 1 volition person plentifulness of nutrient inactive from its yolk for a fewer days.”

The nonprofit conservation radical operates a 24-hour webcam trained connected the eagles’ nest overlooking Big Bear Lake and has intimately monitored the avian mates for a decade. Sandy Steers, enforcement manager of Friends of Big Bear Valley, said that the livestream has precocious seen grounds viewership.

Thousands of radical person followed the eagles’ parenting travel and were buoyed by Saturday’s bully news, which follows years of disappointment.

In 2023, the eagles’ eggs were eaten by ravens. Last year, terrible acold upwind prevented different trio of eggs from hatching.

Jackie and Shadow person diligently tended to their chicks, trading disconnected feeding and sleeping times portion protecting them from the elements.

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