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How to tell eagle parents Jackie and Shadow apart

How to tell eagle parents Jackie and Shadow apart

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The two new eaglets eating, chirping, and “bopping” in their nest high above Southern California’s Big Bear Lake are arguably the stars of the popular wildlife livestream. But it’s devoted eagle parents Jackie and Shadow doing the really hard work behind the scenes—grabbing fish, protecting their babies from hungry ravens, and keeping them warm as their feathers grow in. However, it can be challenging to tell Jackie and Shadow apart and know who is sitting on the nest or feeding the eaglets. Fortunately, the team at Friends of Big Bear Valley (FOBBV) is here to help.  Yes, Jackie is bigger It’s a common misconception that males are always bigger than females. Jackie is actually a bit bigger than Shadow, so if both of them are on the nest tending to their chicks, she is the larger bird. According to the FOBBV, Jackie is about 3 feet tall, while Shadow is approximately 2.5 feet tall. Her wingspan is also wider by …

Victoria Beckham subtly reveals bond with son Cruz Beckham’s girlfriend Jackie Apostel

Victoria Beckham subtly reveals bond with son Cruz Beckham’s girlfriend Jackie Apostel

Published by Daniella Wilson

Victoria Beckham has given a subtle glimpse into her relationship with her son Cruz’s long-term girlfriend, Jackie Apostel. Singer-songwriter Jackie, 30, and Cruz, 21, put on a loved-up display over the weekend in a series of dreamy photos from a tropical getaway – and Victoria responded with the most heartwarming public message for her youngest son’s girlfriend.  Jackie stunned in a backless little black dress with her hair styled straight in a bob while posing with the ocean and palm trees as an idyllic backdrop. Cruz had his arm draped around his girlfriend in one romantic photo from their lavish holiday album, which was inundated with compliments, including two words from her boyfriend’s mum.  “So pretty,” Victoria gushed with several red heart emojis.  Victoria’s bond with Jackie Jackie and Cruz have been romantically linked since mid-2024, and since then, Jackie has joined her boyfriend’s family for several major milestones. Earlier this month, she posed for family photos with the Beckham clan while in Miami to support David Beckham at the opening of the new Inter …

Help name Jackie and Shadow’s new eaglets

Help name Jackie and Shadow’s new eaglets

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It’s that time of year again! Internet-famous eagle couple Jackie and Shadow have two new chicks in need of names. For a small donation, you can submit your name suggestion on the Friends of Big Bear Valley (FOBBV) website. “We are a nonprofit and your generosity helps us provide the livestream ad free, as a public benefit for all. Our website is THE ONLY PLACE to submit chick names for consideration,” the organization wrote in a social media post. Name suggestions will be taken until Sunday, April 26 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. FOBBV will then take a random sample and provide a list of finalist names to a group of third graders in Big Bear Valley. That intrepid group of youngsters will have the final say. Last year, FOBBV received over 54,000 name suggestions. The students then chose from 31 names including Skye, Crackle, Talon, Blaze, and Bell. In the end, the kids decided on Sunny and Gizmo. In 2022, Jackie …

Jackie and Shadow’s 2026 babies: Everything you need to know about the new eaglets

Jackie and Shadow’s 2026 babies: Everything you need to know about the new eaglets

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It’s been another roller coaster nesting season for Jackie and Shadow, a pair of internet-famous bald eagle parents living in San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California. After two of their eggs were destroyed by ravens in January, Jackie and Shadow laid two new eggs that have successfully hatched. Chick 1 hatched on April 4 at 9:33 p.m. PDT, while Chick 2 followed on April 5 at 8:30 a.m. Their large nest in Big Bear Valley east of Los Angeles is livestreamed 24 hours a day by nonprofit Friends of Big Bear Valley (FOBBV) and has captivated millions.  Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest – Cam 1 According to FOBBV, Jackie and Shadow have alternated sitting with the chicks and hunting for fish in Big Bear Lake. When a rain storm rolled in yesterday, Jackie kept the chicks warm until the weather cleared up.  The siblings have also been seen pecking and pushing each other during some of their …

Victoria Beckham confirms Jackie Apostel and Kim Turnbull’s place in the Beckham inner circle with subtle gesture

Victoria Beckham confirms Jackie Apostel and Kim Turnbull’s place in the Beckham inner circle with subtle gesture

Published by Daniella Wilson

Kim Turnbull and Jackie Apostel, the adoring girlfriends of Victoria Beckham’s younger sons, Romeo and Cruz, certainly had an exciting Easter. Not only did they spend the day within the decadent walls of the former Spice Girl’s Miami penthouse, but they also got the ultimate sign of approval from martriarch VB. Kim and Jackie both had easter bags full of presents and eggs In her Easter update on social media, Victoria proudly showed off the Easter table she had prepared with Easter bags for each member of the family – including Kim and Jackie.  In the post, shared on Victoria’s Stories, the mother-of-four looked her usual immaculate self while sitting at the dining table in her pinstripe robe and bunny ears, surrounded by the personalised bags, which were full of Easter gifts and personalised Easter eggs. David looked very happy with his Country Life magazine “Happy Easter,” the fashion mogul penned in the caption. A second photo showed what her husband, David Beckham, was gifted in his Easter bag, the former footballer beaming while he …

Parkland Shooting’s Jackie Corin on Zendaya-Pattinson Movie

Parkland Shooting’s Jackie Corin on Zendaya-Pattinson Movie

Published by Daniella Wilson

A24‘s dark comedy feature The Drama, starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, has already become the focus of debate, despite the studio’s efforts to conceal the film’s true subject matter from its marketing. As revealed in media reports about the project that hits theaters Friday, writer-director Kristoffer Borgli‘s movie (spoilers ahead) centers on Emma (Zendaya) and Charlie (Pattinson), whose impending nuptials are thrown into jeopardy after the bride-to-be reveals that she planned a school shooting as a teen — and even took her dad’s weapon to school — but ultimately did not go through with it. During a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Jackie Corin — co-founder of March for Our Lives and a survivor of the 2018 Parkland shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that took 17 lives — calls the film “an inevitable evolution in storytelling,” given how frequently school attacks are part of the cultural narrative. “Gun violence, particularly in schools, is not just another dramatic device,” says Corin, who had yet to see the film. “Art has the capacity to deepen …

Michelle Keegan, Palma and mum Jackie surprise in three-generation fashion moment

Michelle Keegan, Palma and mum Jackie surprise in three-generation fashion moment

Published by Daniella Wilson

Michelle Keegan took to Instagram on Thursday evening to share her most adorable pictures yet. The Fool Me Once star uploaded a heartfelt picture of herself, her one-year-old daughter Palma, and her mother Jackie, all wearing matching cotton pyjamas. The three-generational snap showed the grandmother, mother, and daughter trio looking wonderful in their floral nightwear, which came from Michelle’s Very range. Michelle, mum Jackie and little Palma looked gorgeous in their matching PJs The gorgeous sleepwear was made from cotton and had springtime flowers etched all over the soft fabric. With Mother’s Day 2026 coming up, this was a heartwarming style statement and one that the trio will remember forever. Palma looked so cute in her tiny pyjama set Palma looked especially cute in her tiny PJs – with her little toes peeping out of the hem. Michelle and Palma twinning This isn’t the first time that Michelle and her daughter have had a matching style moment. At Christmas last year, the Manchester-born actress shared a gorgeous image of herself cradling her then eight-month-old baby girl, wearing …

How Jackie met Shadow: The story behind Big Bear’s famous eagles

How Jackie met Shadow: The story behind Big Bear’s famous eagles

Published by Sam Flores

When Big Bear’s celebrity bald eagle couple’s eggs were eaten by ravens in late January, they didn’t grieve alone. Thousands had watched Jackie and Shadow on livestream, as they meticulously arranged sticks in their nest high in a Jeffrey pine and nibbled each other’s feathers in preparation for laying. All seemed just dandy until both eagles left their nest unattended, and ravens swooped in. Fans recently faced more heartbreak: Last month, Sandy Steers, executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley, which operates the nest camera, died at 73 after a private battle with cancer. Sandy Steers, the late executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley, trains her binoculars on a pair of nesting bald eagles at Big Bear Lake in 2018. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Losing Steers, and the eggs, unleashed an outpouring. Facebook posts announcing the tragic events received more than 12,000 comments. “Her stories just were so calming,” said Jenny Voisard, media and website manager for Friends of Big Bear Valley, they “would just bring you to the nest.” …

Naomi Watts ignites divisive debate with Jackie Kennedy portrayal in Love Story

Naomi Watts ignites divisive debate with Jackie Kennedy portrayal in Love Story

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Naomi Watts’s portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the debut season of Ryan Murphy’s new anthology series, Love Story, has sparked heated debate among viewers, with some arguing her performance leaves much to be desired while others are touting it as Emmy-worthy. Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette, which premiered its first three episodes Thursday on Hulu and Disney+, centers on the whirlwind romance and high-profile relationship between the attorney and his publicist wife before their tragic deaths in 1999. It features Paul Anthony Kelly as JFK Jr., Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette, Grace Gummer as Caroline Kennedy, and Watts as former First Lady Jackie Kennedy. Watts, slated to appear in all eight episodes, left critics and viewers in stark disagreement over her vocal impressions of the former first lady. The Guardian’s Lucy Mangan declared Watts’s performance and …

Ravens devour Jackie and Shadow’s eggs, but more are possible this season

Ravens devour Jackie and Shadow’s eggs, but more are possible this season

Published by Sam Flores

Devoted fans of beloved bald eagle couple Jackie and Shadow are grieving after their recently laid eggs were destroyed by ravens, though there’s still hope that another clutch will come. Just before noon on Friday, Shadow left their Big Bear nest with its two eggs, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley, a nonprofit that monitors the eagles with 24-hour livestreams. Typically, the eagles would take shifts on egg duty. But Jackie was out, too. That afternoon, ravens flew into the unattended nest and ate the eggs. Less than 10 minutes later, Jackie returned and began incubating, or sitting on, one of the breached eggs “because her hormones are telling her to incubate.” said Jenny Voisard, media and website manager for the nonprofit. It’s not clear why the doting parents were both absent, “but we are sure they had their reasons as they have been incubating the eggs faithfully,” the nonprofit wrote in its “Eagle Log.” There are some possible explanations, according to Voisard. While Jackie and Shadow were out, eagle observers noticed there was …