Tag: birds
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Snow raised the stakes for Jackie and Shadow’s eaglets in Big Bear
The snow changed the story. In Big Bear, Jackie’s eaglets had already entered the most fragile stretch of their lives, the brief window when warmth and food aren’t separate needs, but part of the same survival equation. Then the weather turned. By late afternoon, the nest was buried under fresh snow, and every minute of
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Jackie and Shadow welcome two eaglets after a difficult Big Bear season
As of Sunday afternoon, the long wait over Big Bear Lake had finally resolved into movement in the nest bowl. After days of peeping, cracking, and careful stillness, both eggs belonging to Jackie and Shadow had hatched, giving the bald eagle pair two new eaglets and their audience a moment weeks in the making. The
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Jackie and Shadow’s first chick is hatching as second egg begins to pip
After everything Jackie and Shadow have already been through this season, Big Bear is finally at the edge of a new beginning. The latest official update from Friends of Big Bear Valley says Jackie and Shadow’s first chick is still in the process of hatching. Its head is already visible outside the shell, but the
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Jackie and Shadow’s home is now part of a $10 million race against time
Jackie and Shadow have become something larger than a local bald eagle pair. For millions of viewers, they are familiar presences on a live nest cam above Big Bear Valley, birds whose losses, eggs, and daily routines now unfold in public. But the latest threat to them is not a storm, a predator, or a
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Jackie and Shadow may be reacting to the first sounds inside their eggs
At Big Bear, the most suspenseful moment of hatch season may arrive before viewers see anything at all. Jackie and Shadow are tending a replacement clutch laid on Feb. 24 and Feb. 27, after ravens breached the pair’s first two eggs on Jan. 30. That timing has pushed the nest into the narrow window when
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“You deserved a kinder world”: swan dies after brutal attack in Portsmouth
A swan that once glided across Canoe Lake in Portsmouth has died after a violent attack by children, leaving rescuers and the community reeling. The bird, a familiar sight in the park, was targeted over the bank holiday weekend in an incident that has sparked grief and anger. Witnesses told local outlets that a group
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How the red-wattled lapwing bird became a monsoon forecaster
The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is a master of survival, a bird whose boldness and adaptability keep it thriving in landscapes that change faster than the seasons. Its long yellow legs carry it swiftly over open ground, head tilting from side to side as it scans for danger. When a predator strays too close to
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The Abyssinian hornbill lives in slow motion. That’s why it’s vanishing
The Abyssinian ground hornbill is a bird built for the ground, not the skies. With eyelashes that look like they belong on a runway model and a booming call that echoes like a drumbeat across the African savanna, this striking species is part performer, part predator, and part ecological barometer. It’s also in trouble. One
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The marabou stork is ugly, enormous, and essential
This bird looks like it escaped from a Tim Burton sketchbook. But the marabou stork isn’t just a visual oddity. It’s one of nature’s most efficient cleanup crews. Standing up to five feet tall with a wingspan stretching nearly twelve, the marabou stork commands space wherever it lands. Its bald, scabby head and ominous black