La question d’une deuxième couvée des aigles de Big Bear devient soudainement très concrète. Maintenant que la neige a finalement…
Jackie boldly tries to mate on the snowy Big Bear nest, leaning in with vocals and neck nibbles — but Shadow refuses. What happened seconds later could signal a major shift in the season.
On 2-18-2026, a hungry young eagle circled too close to Jackie and Shadow’s snowy nest high above Big Bear Lake. As Shadow guarded a freshly delivered coot in the winter cold, tension rose in the snow-covered branches.
On February 16, 2026, as a powerful winter storm pushed toward Big Bear and the wind began to build, Jackie made a move that instantly changed the mood in the nest. She lowered herself slowly into the bowl, pressing flat and still in a posture eagle watchers know well. Pancaking. The timing could not have felt more dramatic.
For a brief moment, it looked possible. On February 14, 2026, a juvenile eagle circled back over the Big Bear nest tree, and Jackie saw it immediately. Just seconds earlier, she had finished eating a fish. Then she looked up — and everything about her posture changed.
L’après-midi au nid d’aigle de Big Bear a commencé paisiblement, bercée par le doux rythme de l’incubation et de la…
Just after sunrise on June 27, 2026, the forest around the nest was still wrapped in early-morning quiet when Shadow returned to the nest tree shortly after 6 a.m. Moments later, Shadow discovered the second egg following a soft but purposeful exchange with Jackie, their calls echoing through the branches. The quiet coordination between them signaled an important shift in the morning at the nest.
For a short moment, the Big Bear eagle nest was quiet as Jackie and Shadow’s egg sat alone in the bowl. Shadow had stepped away, and the single egg rested unguarded. It seemed the eagles weren’t around to protect their egg. To viewers watching live, the stillness felt heavy.
Jackie’s visit to the Big Bear eagle nest on January 23, 2026, began quietly in the early afternoon. At first, there were no obvious signs of what was about to happen. She landed in the nest and spent her time carefully surveying her surroundings, alert and attentive as clouds drifted past and sunlight broke through in short intervals.
Pendant la majeure partie de l’histoire moderne, les pygargues à tête blanche ne faisaient que passer par la vallée de…