When Big Bear's celebrity bald eagle couple's eggs were eaten by ravens in late January, they didn't grieve alone. Thousands had watched Jackie and Shadow on livestream, as they meticulously arranged sticks in their nest high in a Jeffrey pine and nibbled each other's feathers in preparation for laying. All seemed just dandy until both eagles left their nest unattended, and ravens swooped in.
When bald eagle power couple Jackie and Shadow's two baby girls flew their Big Bear nest earlier this summer, it was bittersweet. Thousands of adoring fans had watched them hatch on a 24-hour webcam that monitors the family and now they were growing up - fast. But one of the internet-famous youngsters, Gizmo, may have just dropped by her childhood home, an unusual occurrence for an eagle of nearly six months.