The eagles typically lay eggs in late January. Incubation, hatching, and early chick rearing run through late winter and early spring.
Over the years, Jackie and Shadow have become fan favorites as viewers watch them overcome storms, snow, heat, and the occasional raven or intruding eagle. Their nest sits more than a mile above sea level in the San Bernardino Mountains. Here, changing weather at Big Bear Lake can bring bright sunshine one day and heavy snow the next. That dramatic setting makes every visit to the Big Bear Eagle cam a little different. You may see calm sunrise lake views or intense wind and snow events that test the nest.
Previous Year Egg Laid Dates
2018–2019 Mar 6, Mar 9
2019–2020 Jan 8, Jan 11
2020–2021 Jan 6, Jan 9, Jan 13 · Feb 8, Feb 11
2021–2022 Jan 22, Jan 25
2022–2023 Jan 11, Jan 14
2023–2024 Jan 25, Jan 28, Jan 31
2024–2025 Jan 22, Jan 25, Jan 28
2025-2026 Jan 23
The live camera feeds are provided by Friends of Big Bear Valley, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the eagles and their habitat. To learn more, read nest updates, or make a donation that helps keep the cameras running. This also supports local conservation, visit friendsofbigbearvalley.org.
Use the wide-angle view to watch the surrounding forest and weather over Big Bear Lake. Alternatively, switch to the nest view for a close-up look at Jackie and Shadow on the bald eagle nest. Viewers often zoom in to see egg turning, feeding, and wing exercises from growing eaglets. You can also catch nighttime visits under infrared lights. Whether you drop in for a quick check or follow the pair through the nesting season, the Big Bear Eagle cams offer a front-row seat to the lives of Jackie and Shadow in all four seasons.
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Will we ever get used to not using the name Jackie with Shadow????
just wishing for his happiness. Glad he has a friend.
I think about that alot!!
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It didn’t take a long time for us to get used to M-15 and F-23 in Florida.
Going to take a lot of getting use to.., normal for wildlife to make a change… Jackie& Shadow we’re so tuned into each other..hard to think of another eagle, but if he accepted the new one and is happy with her … that is good…
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A little bit about KD1 and where she came from. She’ll be 5 years old in March of 2027.
That was very interesting Mary, thank you.
Video of Shadow and KD1 on the nest. Shadow was looking all around. Kind of ignoring KD1. KD1 was digging in the nest and she offered him something from the nest (which he didn’t take) and she preened his feathers. In response, he called out (for Jackie?) and then moved away from KD1. He was gazing out over the lake for a while. In the end, they were perched on the same branch of a tree in the distance.
The human in me is glad at this point that Shadow is giving the new female the cold shoulder. To me it shows the strength of his bond with Jackie. But that same human doesn’t want it to last very long because we know Jackie isn’t coming home. I want Shadow to have a mate, a happy new life, eggs, hatchlings, fledgling.
I thought about Jackie this morning watching an informational tv show. The doctor panelist made the statement, anemia is not a diagnosis but is a symptom.
Hello Debbie,
sweet Shadow. So difficult. We just want his happiness.
Of course we do. But, we want to continue seeing Shadow and new babies.
Oh yes Debbie. New babies and seeing lots of Shadow. That would be wonderful!!!
I think it will happen. Shadow certainly didn’t chase away this new eagle.
thank you!!!
Thanks Mary. I assume the female just got something on her head feathers?