FOBBV CAM🦅Jackie Weathers Winter Storm❄️Shadow Sees His Triplets For The First Time🥚🥚🥚2024-02-01

Video footage courtesy of ‪@FOBBVCAM‬ friendsofbigbearvalley.org
🥚Egg1 was laid 1/25 16:55 bit.ly/48OfNt5 . 🥚Egg2 was laid 1/28 13:59 bit.ly/3OkpEi7 . 🥚Egg3 was laid on 1/31 17:58 bit.ly/3SGTwb5 . Pip Watch begins on 2/29
ℹResident Bald Eagle male: Shadow (unbanded) since May 2018. Estimated hatch year: 2014
ℹResident Bald Eagle female: Jackie (unbanded) since September 2016. Estimated hatch year: 2012
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[@Bebebeas1]

Love these two and their triplets so much. Jackie, you are a motherly inspiration, and Shadow, you are the most amazing provider! Please let them have a successful hatching this year!!!

[@sonflowersue.CHOOSE.L0VE]

Yes, 🙏! ❤

[@CuriousCat7]

S: *"Wow, Hon, we've got 3?"* 🤗❤ (I think he did a double-take?) 6:20 Prayers they all hatch and fledge, making up for some lost time! 🙏❤ Thank you, Cali Condor! 🤩 Be blessed, everyone! 😇🙏🦅🤗💖😻💕

[@zayne9188]

Well said!CC Our Dude can't believe his eyes😂

[@CactusGal]

I was up this morning, waiting to see his reaction. It did NOT disappoint! Thank you, Cali Condor, for doing such great work! ❤🥚🥚🥚🦅🦅

[@ccaatthheerriinnee]

That was shadow?

[@CuriousCat7]

​@@ccaatthheerriinnee Yes!! 😊🦅

[@CuriousCat7]

​@zayne9188 Hahaha! 😂 He also had to try to figure out how to roll 3 eggs and get them under him. Lol! 😅 He was probably thinking he's got a lot of fishing to do real soon. 😊 TC! 😇🙏😺🦅

[@LittleWillow1]

May the winter be kind to this little family ❤

[@jacquicoder7160]

Shadow discovered that it is a little harder to get 3 eggs under him but he accomplished it. I continue to be amazed at the way they handle the snow, even though I have watched them through three prior winters. J&S are simply a wonder to watch at any time and I thank you, Cali, for making it so easy to do.

[@hollyobrien2816]

Not 1 but 3? Well, if anyone can handle this it's Jackie. Poor Shadow trying to arrange 3 to cover them under him as if to say, "how the heck did jackie do this..". This entire life of theirs and we get to watch it!! So amazing.

[@kolohe7775]

Lol! Shadow looks like he’s counting the eggs and thinking, “Hey, there’s another one here!” 😅 Love these two beautiful and resilient parents❤️🦅🦅🥰

[@suusandelgado9777]

So cute, it took Shadow a few minutes to figure out how to get all 3 of those eggs under him. Good job Dad.❤

[@tessapiotrowskikristensen8058]

The little dance that Shadow did when first meeting their 3 eggs was adorable!

[@veronicaf.6680]

It’s amazing how careful she is not to step on the triplets with her big feet in such a confined space in the nest.😀

[@farahanees986]

Shadow is learning how to handle three kids😁😁😁

[@miglena2s]

❤

[@margaretcruz7003]

Poor Jackie trying tò keep her three little ones warm in this snowstorm. Shadow will also tàke turns keeping the nest warm. At least the sun came out for a bit. God protect J & S and their new triplets and keep them safe. ❤

[@ceegee777]

When Shadow took over at the nest I swear I could hear Jackie (in the distance) chortling "Oh by the way, we have triplets"....

[@cindythomas5895]

I am still in shock - 3- eggies, so precious!!!! Praying for smooth sailing with the eggs !!! ❤ Shadow mommy needs a ton of fluff now for sure

[@teresaandrews1341]

Nature is so miraculous.

[@melissawarfield]

Jackie is an amazing eagle mom and Shadow is a great eagle dad. I liked when Shadow looked down to see 3 eggs. I believe Shadow was in shock. I'm hoping the eggs will all hatch and survive. Blessing the eagle family. 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅 🥚 🥚 🥚❤❤❤❤❤

[@damdamfino]

Shadow is taking his job very seriously! He doesn’t want those eggs uncovered for very long at all! In like clockwork.

[@user-fj3gd4px3g]

Amazing instinct, thank you Mother Nature. Such a giant bird, with the strength, claws to rip fish out of the water, but gentle enough to not break an egg.

[@ceegee777]

He's like "Wait. What?" 🥚🥚🥚 😳

[@raemorgan8207]

I don't see Shadow🤔 Where is Jackie's breakfast?

[@user-xk4do9ex2f]

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[@pamelasertich9850]

Shadow "I'm not big enough for this". I need more feathers!

[@nancyleigh8016]

You can see Jackie's little beaky marks in the snow around their nest, from her resting her head. She sure knows what to do with all of that snow on her back. She shook it off like the pro she is!!🏆 As far as Shadow goes, I'm sure he expected 2🥚🥚s, not 3! He maneuvered around those precious gifts with the utmost care and love. If birds could physically smile, he was grinning ear to ear 😊🥚🥰🥚🥰🥚😊 Everyone is so happy about this and it feels wonderful!! How big is your smile Cali?❤ 👑🦅🥚💞🥚💞🥚👑🦅

[@CaliCondor]

😅

[@susanmorris5520]

I’m so excited for Jackie and Shadow and their egg triplets too.👏🏻👏🏻🥳🦅🦅🥚🥚🥚🥰❤️. I pray for a successful hatch when it comes time.🙏🥚🥚🥚. I do get concerned when there is snow too even though I know it’s good insulation for the Eagles but, I just don’t want it to cause any problems for the eggs when it comes time for them to hatch. God bless both Jack and Shadow and I know to trust the Eagles. Hugs! Sue M. Florida🥰👏🏻👏🏻❤️🙏🦅🦅🥚🥚🥚❌⭕️

[@judywirhanawski3420]

Somehow they manage to keep that egg bowl dry. They truly are amazing creatures. Congratulations to Jackie & Shadow and loving pair for sure. Hav been following them for 2 years now. I constantly watch SWFL eagles M15 &F23 1 egglet this year E23 as our second egg was compromised. Our M is so wonderful became Our Beloved Harriet’s mate in 2015 & our new mama is doing really good for she is young Mayb 5 yrs old. Our M teachers her like our Harriet taught him. Harriet was an outstanding mama. Hopefully we chat again I will keep an eye on this nest parents an eggs. SEH SES SED

[@bluekatgal7300]

They were on the National news tonight.

[@janajamer734]

Jackie is amazing as always through Snowstorms! Now she's larger, it shouldn't be too hard for her to keep eggs warm and dry. Once eggs hatch into Eaglets, that'll be a test. I pray that hopefully Shadow is right next to her in inclement weather so the Eaglets all survive. Thanx Cali for sharing this BeAuTiFuL capture of our BBV Raptors! 💞 p.s. I really thought Shadow would faint briefly when he saw how many eggs Jackie had in her basket!😆

[@addison6384]

What a great night for me. I was scrolling through videos and came upon this one and I remembered it very well. I miss sitting up all night watching the love birds protecting those eggs. My favorite night was a snow and wind storm that covered every inch of the nest. You couldn't see Jackie or Shadow until they popped their head up. It's so great to see this again🥰😍

[@Ladybug23940]

Shadow is good mate and DAD! 🦅❤️‼️

[@lindacrispin2948]

Shadow was trying to figure out how to position himself on the eggs😅

[@lindaadelwerth8042]

So excited for Them! I hope this weather doesnt last long.

[@jomarielopez2229]

What a good mama she is!!!!!

[@heddybe]

She never gives up. Love that spirit.

[@Yanquetino]

It was mesmerizing to see this today! A quick-and-caring hand off… er… tummy off?

[@jrowlove7328]

I love Jackie and Shadow. I pray one of the eggs is viable.

[@MegaCeledonia]

why?

[@lyndagartner7495]

I am more concerned of sibling rivalry.

[@kcloveonaleash]

​@@lyndagartner7495 Yes, as having watched past seasons with 2 or 3 eaglets in a nest it gets rough😮. Nature can be cruel sometimes

[@WRMRanch]

Shadow is such a good Dad.

[@constantinak6648]

Devoted parents

[@standamerica5914]

Lord bless this beautiful eagle family. ❤

[@lb1460]

What a special time this is❤🦅🦅

[@nanmattingly6402]

Shadow's thinking "who's idea was this, three eggs?" Hard to get it just right. Ha ha. Precious birds, let's hope all three are viable and will live to old age. Shadow and Jackie, you rock. Stay safe beautiful ones.

[@standamerica5914]

Looking forward to three wonderful eaglets! ❤

[@marydiaz8844]

How amazing. Praying all eaglets are born healthy

[@paulettemaldonado862]

That was awesome. That was so cute. He like kept going back-and-forth back-and-forth. He didn’t know where to step. He was like didn’t know how to place his talents his feet it was so cute. He knew there was another one added. He looked so proud after, but he could not make himself comfortable. That was funny of course shadow and Jackie is a trooper, you go mama Jackie handling the snow like that good job both of you. Love you too. Please be safe trust the eagles.❤

[@user-kd8re6xx5f]

3 babies, we are blessed!

[@dianarussell8883]

She is such a good mom

[@bellavita4237]

Amazing absolutely Amazing. Mom battled the snow looking like an igloo. Leaves the nest in comes dad to carry on. Warms my heart💕 Thank you God Jesus for these lovely strong willed Eagles.

[@JamesRufert-ry7nm]

He's a good father Mather

[@silvermainecoons3269]

Thank you Charles Darwin (and others) for helping us understand that with eons of time plus the power of 🧬 DNA, plus the inexorable progress of natural selection we get these beautiful apex predators who are exquisitely adapted to survive even in the harshest of conditions. Mother Nature is awesome. 🦅🪺🌧️🌲🦅

[@allisonb4533]

Creation and evolution holding hands to bring into existence all the beauty the great mother holds in her womb ❤

[@silvermainecoons3269]

⁠@@allisonb4533 Nicely put. 🦅💜😊

[@jesusdisciple4216]

shadow has his talons full love him!!

[@ninathesman4084]

Fantastic watching these two eagles work together. Such little time elapsed between her departure, and his arrival. Kinda takes my breath away. ❤

[@karensedwick3569]

I’m going to donate $5 on behalf of the ‘Party of 5!’ And I challenge everyone as excited as me to do the same. This is worth celebrating and we all want to keep enjoying the opportunity to watch our favorite family. Thank you!

[@HeadNtheClouds]

Does that mean we get to name one of them Bailey? 🦅

[@CaliCondor]

Wonderful! Thank you for your support! ❤😊

[@CaliCondor]

@@HeadNtheClouds FOBBV will run a Naming Contest once the chicks hatch. In the past, local 3rd graders voted on names suggested by our donors. Our Naming Contest is rooted in the history of this nesting habitat. The first recorded chick of the Big Bear Valley was discovered during a 3rd grade field trip and was first reported by an eagle-eyed student! 🙂 It happened back in 2012, the chick was named Jack/Jackie after a long time local volunteer eagle counter and we believe it may be our Jackie.

[@joycekane9024]

Less

[@heidihybicki3827]

Shadow is saying… “how am I going to cover 3 eggs”!!!

[@christinewhitmire1029]

Congratulations Jackie I pray for you will have your triplets

[@bettyhanks4438]

I hope all 3 hatch Jackie and Shadow deserve to have a family ❤

[@frankpaquet295]

Poor Jackie, she does so well in the snow, I just hope that Shadow keeps bringing her food. So happy they have three eggs! That's amazing. Say warm Jackie and keep the eggs warm too. (from Sandi)

[@Gaiartemis]

Do you suppose Jackie let Shadow know that there was an addition before he got to the nest?🤔🥰 He seemed nonplussed😁

[@HalfTempted]

I’m so happy for them. I was so heart broken last year when they lost their whole clutch. But with everything, love will always persevere!! ❤ Best of luck to our feathered friends.

[@victoriabunnag4070]

It's so dam cold up in Big Bear this time of year. After tomorrow and the next day we have 5 days of Snow. Let us not worry. We should only pray about them. The eggs won't hatch till the end of February. I'm crossing my fingers for a late birthday gift. I hope Big Bear Lake has a milder snow season than last year. Fingers crossed and praying for Jackie and Shadow and the Triplets. God Bless Us Everyone. ❤❤❤❤

[@Clover5419]

Truly Awesome!

[@ChasingRainbows67]

Last year Jackie would hardly let him on the eggs. This year, yep we're taking turns for sure 😄😅🙂❤️🦅❤️🦅❤️

[@LaurieFloodTeacher]

The funniest thing was when he pulled a bunch of fluff over her to get her to get up.

[@greymatters7039]

Oh wow. 3 🎉.

[@janetbailey4753]

Let’s see. Shadow flies in, looks at eggs, 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . What the fluff??? I love Jackie and Shadow ❤❤❤❤

[@joenewman1164]

Our school mascot is an Eagle and I have this live feed playing in 3 of our hallways. Kids love them.

[@patricks_music]

It looked like quite the snow and wind earlier! I felt bad for how that tree was moving around!

[@michelleholtman2802]

Oh wow didn’t realize they have three now. That’s great.

[@mannybravo237]

Hunker down, Shadow!😊 Amazing, so wonderful!

[@ingridruiz-meijer6089]

I really love this 2 eagles TO keep the eggs warm in the snow ❤❤❤

[@christinaobrien4394]

Amen!!

[@comicblueswithjonygitar36]

I knew the snow was coming, pouring up here. 🤞

[@user-zm7ph7gy5c]

Mama papa I hope that little three little kids being turned out beautiful

[@paddlefoot5692]

Awestruck by this pair of eagles! I sure do hope they have success raising their offspring! Truly lucky to be able to view them like this 👍 J❤S

[@honusmom5144]

Shake and bake with the snow.

[@Whatnok]

So precious. Sweet Shadow❤ aww Jackie poor thing. But they are built for the snow! 🙏🦅🥚🥚🥚🪹🦅❤️❤️❤️❤️😊

[@meganboardman6091]

For a second there Shadow looked like a falcon dad, a little puzzled at how to make three eggs fit! But he managed it. The beak plant into the snow in the final shuffle made me chuckle.

[@summerrain7956]

Praying for these eggs🙏🏼

[@bettyboopputman9652]

Sweetness!

[@enricotoesca3941]

Hello Dear Cali Condor 🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@cattailer1077]

Mama. Stay on those eggs..there are babies in there😉 and it's really cold❄️

[@busdriver3469]

Shadow was like, where did that other egg come from? Just majestic birds !!

[@jacquip644]

Hi Jackie...I'm Jacqui too🥰 Gòd bless you and yours my friend.❤❤❤

[@s.patrciabrady]

God works in amazing ways with these two fantastic Eagles, and their little ones❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️. Big Daddy Shadow has it covered and under control. Lovely to see this. Thank You FOBBV!!!!!!!!

[@amyahlquist3436]

Almost looks like shadow was trying to figure out how to incubate three:)

[@torstrasburg8289]

Love how Jackie carefully maneuvers her feet and claws around the eggs. Looked like she almost stepped on one but then recoiled immediately and placed her foot next to it. I wonder how often eggs get broken by mistake.

[@kcloveonaleash]

Once in a great while there is a clumsy Dad or Mom- but a rare occurrence. They ball their Talons up so as not to hurt their eggs❤

[@lorrem2539]

Jackie the eagloo!

[@29msmoni]

I love how she shows us her eggs❤

[@JaneGardner-gr9ro]

This is so beautiful watching ... 💯

[@TheARguy15]

Beautiful. checked in about 4 days ago and only 2 eggs, now i see 3. Birds be getting busy! fingers crossed all 3 survive

[@JamesRufert-ry7nm]

Looks like the snow has melted

[@lisazhao8694]

hug hug👐

[@Linda-eb3kn]

What a trooper love you too!

[@cantonhag]

Better start fishing, Shadow 😊 Thanks for the vid edit, CC ❤

[@wookie20f]

OMG! All snowed in. How do they survive?

[@jessiemckenzie9177]

im cracking up it looks like shadow was counting like hes saying um excuse me when i left their was two 😂

[@aroundtheworldfibers]

It's amazing. Shadow is certainly noticeably smaller than Jackie. Incredibly beautiful birds. I'm sure this is listed somewhere, just how high up is this nest and what's the diameter? Hard to get a sense of the size. The footage is mesmerizing.

[@cometochristjoyinsabbath881]

Doesn’t shy from cold 🥶

[@-108-]

I'm afraid these kids are all headed for very trying times; But, such is the nature of life! This is going to be exciting to watch! I'm happy for Jackie and Shadow... They've finally achieved a 3 egg clutch! But this ain't Florida; It's the rugged, relentless Southwest, on the stormy side of a mountain at 7,000 feet, during an expectedly heavy El Nino winter. The snow could get deep; The storms will likely be many; And the temperatures may get pretty darn low by its end.That would be amazing if 3 successfully raised could come out of this! Imagine how taxed that nest would get with 5 large bald eagles living on it at once. lol

[@cattailer1077]

WHY do they lay their eggs in friggin Jan/Feb!😱

[@heidihill2361]

Triplets, I'm so excited. The storm is awful, and she must deal with storms for another five days

[@staceynicole8978]

wow! crazy how shadow gets in the nest and the first thing he does is move the eggs around for aeration! You can just tell he is excited as it was in and out. Jackie leaves and Shadow comes right in afterwards. These two aren't taking any chances!!!

[@juliesherbondy9668]

Aww he had to really calculate how to sit on all 3 😊

[@BarbaraSchlegel-rm2oe]

Is it possible for a "A" framed tarp to be placed high above Shadow and Jackie's nest ? That way the two eagles would not get quite so much snow on top of their nest with eggs in it . If you put the "A" framed tarp high enough so the eagles can fly in and out that would be so much better . They might still get a little bit of snow but this much snow is crazy . Last year their egg died from freezing .

[@PabloChacon-ui5vp]

Mayo at Murrieta Lowe's loves Bald Ealges!!!

[@LE-wc1dr]

I wish they had a cover above them to shield them from snow.

[@djrazoredgeoftherevelator6868]

How rare is it for an eagle to lay three eggs

[@CaliCondor]

2 is the most common number, 3 is less common but not unheard of.

[@lesleywood76]

I hate snow ❄️. Bet the eggs are as warm as toast 😊

[@Ladybug23940]

Bring some fluff Shadow!❤️ This happens to you every time doesn’t Jackie!! I know you will keep your babies warm though! She knows exactly how to shed that stuff off of her back and not down on the eggs.❤️🦅❤️❤️❤️

[@michellemcdaniel209]

❤❤❤🦅🦅

[@dianahopson8833]

I know, I know, I know! Jackie is covered in warm feathers and is water proof, but I can't help it. It breaks my heart to see her covered up to her head in snow. It's so hard to believe the little Es can survive in this kind of weather. I know it's the season and 'they' have to get them hatched and fledged by Spring so they can have a chance at life. But a little less winter weather would be nice. I fear every time I see Jackie or Shadow fly off and leave the eggs exposed. I'm a worry wart. Guess that's it.