Overview
- Friends of Big Bear Valley’s livestream showed the first chick fully emerge from its shell.
- The second egg has a visible pip, the first crack in the shell, and the group says a full hatch can take 24 to 48 hours after that first break.
- Earlier footage captured faint chirps from inside the egg and the chick’s head poking through, signs it had broken the inner membrane and taken its first breath.
- This hatch follows a January loss when ravens raided the first clutch, with Jackie laying replacement eggs on Feb. 24 and Feb. 27.
- The widely watched nest cam has drawn tens of thousands of live viewers and anchors a $10 million effort to buy nearby land to protect habitat at Big Bear Lake.