Big Bear Eagles ~ INTRUDER ALERT!! Shadow & Jackie DEFEND The Nest w/ SLO MO 5.1.19

Wow! This is an action packed video!! Jackie is on the right branch when she suddenly alerts loudly. She comes back to the nest vocalizing at the top of her lungs as an intruder is close by and lands in the nest tree above her. Pine needles fall to the nest from him! There is a 2-3 year old juvenile eagle in the area confirmed by Dr Sharpe as Shadow goes after it and gives chase. Jackie is a fierce protector of the nest & her babies and continues to sound the alarm. We see the intruder fly by a couple of times and I put the fly in slo mo and zoomed in so we could see better at 9:54.
He returns to the right branch and Jackie takes off to chase the intruder. Shadow drops to the nest and vocalizes as Jackie returns and they both sound the alarm before Shadow flies off and she follows him. She returns right away and we have panning of the area by the cam operator at 18:58. Jackie continues to vocalize and then goes to the left branch and we can see her drop down quickly to give chase at 23:28.WOW this is action packed! While the cam is panning again, Shadow returns to the nest and all is quiet. He starts to feed Simba & Cookie! What a great Dad and Protector he is! He feeds them for several minutes before Jackie returns for the evening. She also will feed them before they go to sleep. Thank you for watching!
Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk
Big Bear eagle cam is located in Big Bear Lake, California.
Special thanks to Friends of Big Bear Valley for this amazing cam!
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[@ЛюдмилаЗіменко]

Great video, great monents! Family and Children is a big responsibility. There are enemies and intruder. But little Babies understood the threat and behaved quitly and did not move. Lovely Parents and lovely Dad will always protect their precious Children. Wonderful Shadow. Thank you so much, Lady Hawk. I love this family of Eagles💓😍💞

[@apolline2519]

This time, Jackie is not whining, she is screaming !

[@SW13333]

Shadow+Jackie are a great team 👍 It appears Shadow has sticks all around the nest bed itself as well as the perimeter of the nest itself. Thanks for posting! - Steohanie

[@anastasia122108]

Bless her heart. The fear these eagles must feel when they send out that intruder alert. 😳😳😳😳😳

[@androcat12]

Jackie looks so fierce, hope the subadult steers clear of her and the nest in the future. I thought this area had a low number of BE; either I am mistaken, or all that pass through must swing by the log cabin for a look-see.

[@loridori7862]

Very scary, so glad they’re all ok. Shadow needs to respond faster for sure

[@franceshenry2239]

Love this family.stay safe.

[@georginatoland]

And the kids kept their heads down throughout the crisis. Smart eaglets!

[@tomp538]

I think they were in a food coma, sleeping...

[@patsmith5947]

Where is her hubby to defend them? It looks like she really built a good strong nest. It’s such hard work raising a family. I think I just finally heard a far away call back. Beautiful location.

[@aproc84114]

Not really a crisis to be sure

[@SamtheMan0508]

Jackie sure did look big and fierce!

[@lady4vols]

Lord them kids is killing me all that commotion, yelling, Moms Talon on one of them and they never move, just keep on snoozing. 💜😂💜

[@randquadrozzi1280]

I'm surprised another eagle would even mess with a mom and dad protecting the nest with a lake filled with fish right there as Talons are so sharp they could carve the intruder up pretty quickly.

[@crkwon3780]

I think Jackie protecting screams sounds better than E15(child) screams!

[@reneeelias7168]

I am waiting for one of them to bring dinner aka one of the headaches threatening them

[@russellr64]

Its good to have strong protective parents

[@bethmunden7328]

Very afraid for Jackie ,and the precious ❤️ babies laying low in fear, she's so brave and protecting 💞so glad Shadow came home !!!🦅🦅💕

[@gregorytownsend9066]

Man 7 min in and still no shadow, he needs to come quicker

[@teddygram45able]

That was so scary but what great parents they are in protecting the babies..amazingly they slept thru it all...praying the intruders are gone for good..

[@مرگبرامارتاسلامی]

HeIIo

[@kristeyh2761]

♡

[@carolynnunes3922]

Better late seeing this, than never getting a chance to see it! Thank you, Lady Hawk! God bless you, and us all!

[@triinab960]

Kids: mommie & daddi I know your trying to protect the nest but we're trying to sleep!!❤❤lol ..love them

[@koshershiksa4481]

Super Eagles Jackie and Shadow! She is amazing🙌😉

[@jeannine.]

Wow, serious defending of the nest. Went on for a long time. Love the panning of the view, such a gorgeous area! Amazingly beautiful. Mom & Dad are doing great raising and protecting their young. Thanks Lady Hawk!

[@socaleagle815]

Wow is right and this is the first time that I could think of an eagle intruder landing in their nest nest!! Great footage of all the action and loved your new zooming feature. Mom and Shadow did a great job defending their nest and babies. Thank you Lady Hawk:)

[@sharone5562]

Do not mess with Simba and Cookie. Jackie and Shadow on protection detail

[@rb032682]

Thanks, @Lady Hawk. I saw this on the main feed as I was skipping through it. I couldn't see what they were screaming about, so thanks for the slo-mo, too.

[@tednugent8501]

Now I know exactly where this is. When u panned right I recognized the spot. Cool spot too.

[@staciesmith1598]

I love this pair

[@ev1448]

Do other eagles go after other eagles nest a lot?

[@diannenaworensky6698]

Lady Hawk, Commenting before I watch this video, I was watching this live. When she jumped down by her babies and started calling out, she meant business!! She had a look in her eyes that said to me, you don't want to be on her bad side. It looked like this intruder had gotten really close and maybe even coming close enough to rain leaves down into the nest. There was at least one Eagle that I saw fly by. It had alot of white on it. Wonder how Eagle hearing is. We know about their eyesight. So how far away was Shadow from his nest when he heard Jackie call out? Once Shadow and Jackie gave chase, I was scared to death that one of them would come back bloodied. Shadow had a fierce look in his eyes as well. I was surprised considering that he is a first time Daddy.I was going to ask if anyone had seen this incident and seen more than I did. This would have been a good time to have had another camera angle. Thanks for the video. 🦅❤🦅

[@crkwon3780]

She looks thinner here?

[@luvflyball]

The part that scared me was the baby almost being stepped on - repeatedly.

[@dmotta2811]

Truly amazing video. Shadow is not as fierce and loud as Jackie.

[@Venusdancer1019]

So beautiful ... We are so lucky to be alive at a time when we are able to watch and listen so closely without disturbing nature.

[@densogirl]

For a myriad of reasons, I've not been able to watch the nest for about a week and am trying to catch up. At first, I wondered about Stormy being around, but probably not. Very scary!

[@kathleenmccaffery1313]

Even though this is 3 yrs old.. I love seeing Jackie and Shadow keeping their precious cargo safe and secure.. Harriet and M15 would have been equally as successful. 🦅🦅😊❤️Eagles rock 🥰‼️

[@apippin774]

You can’t have it all if you have beauty you have a scratchy terrible voice lol

[@rustymugg9658]

Come on Shadow, we need you😮😢 🦅🦅

[@kellymendez]

I didn't see no intruder

[@lhettmattis2703]

It's a good thing that Jackie keeps alerting and stay in the nest. Babies are sleep down thank goodness. Thank you for sharing 😘.

[@julieenslow5915]

Ah. Army - THIS is a Screaming Eagle! If you ever wanted a picture, now you have it. Jackie is warning the intruder off and calling for backup. Also note: backup arrives silently, loaded for bear. Jackie takes off to pursue (female eagles are larger than males, don't know if that is why she is persuing or if its just her frustration that she had to cover the babies while the intruder was so close. So off she goes. When Shadow starts calling - and Jackie replies - I found myself wondering what they are saying. Is Shadow encouraging her? Discussing who should be doing what? Warning off the rescue - or flat out threatening it? This just keeps getting more and more interesting! Great video.