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Headline: California's Eagle Power Couple Jackie And Shadow Hatch First Healthy Chicks In 3 Years
Caption: San Bernardino's celebrity bald eagles Jackie and Shadow have baby joy at last having successfully incubated and hatched their eggs in front of the world. Friends of Big Bear Valley, a non-profit organisation that operates two webcams capturing activity in the nest, announced on Monday, 3 March, that two of the three eggs laid this year by bald eagle pair Jackie and Shadow have begun to hatch. At 7:59am that day, one of the webcams captured images showing a second egg had pipped, or cracked as part of the hatching process, approximately 18 hours after the first signs that another egg had begun to hatch. By midday, there was no indication that the third egg had pipped. Jackie and Shadow's last chick, Spirit, hatched three years ago on Sunday. Footage from the eagle cam showed Jackie carefully turning the eggs, revealing that two of the three eggs had begun to hatch. They are such attentive parents! Each year, hundreds of thousands of people tune in to the non-profit's live stream to watch the eagle family. On Monday, fans expressed their excitement on social media as "pip watch" continued, hoping for a successful hatching this year. None of Jackie and Shadow's chicks have survived over the past two years. This year, however, they have three - all of whom are eating! "After last year's heartbreak, this is so beautiful to witness!" one commenter wrote on the organisation's Facebook page. "Jackie and Shadow deserve it, they are such a devoted eagle family!"
Keywords: feature,eagles,animals,birds,video,nature,chicks
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