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How Big Bear eagle Jackie stayed warm for nearly 62 hours in snow
Big Bear bald eagle Jackie incubated three eggs for 61 hours and 58 minutes during a 2024 snowstorm. Here’s how…
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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,…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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