Pip Watch Is on! Beloved Eagle Duo Is Back With 3 New Eggs

Pip watch, commence: Starting today, eyes from all over the world will be on beloved bald eagle couple Jackie and Shadow, who are tending to three new eggs. At any minute now, the chicks could start “pipping,” or making tiny cracks from inside the eggs — a sign an eaglet is getting ready to join the world.
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The enthralling scene is being captured live on web cameras pointed at the eagle family’s nest overlooking Southern California’s Big Bear Lake. The nonprofit Friends of Big Bear Valley, which maintains the live feed, also releases recaps of each day’s events.
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“I’m very excited and a little bit surprised,” Sandy Steers, the organization’s executive director, told the Los Angeles Times of the egg trio. She explained that Jackie laid three eggs for the first time last year, and just so happened to lay three again this year. The pair has yet to have an egg actually hatch since 2022, so fans are keeping their fingers crossed for some good news.
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Watching Jackie and Shadow is about much more than their hatch count, though — the livestreams have brought people together and forged a real community of nature lovers. “We had many people who watch the livecam tell us they connect with the eagles,” Steers said. “It gives them something to look at besides the dark stuff on the internet.”