1 of the newly hatched Big Bear eaglets has died, nonprofit says
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TheBigBearValleyeagle-watchingcommunitySaturdaymournedthelossofoneofthethreenewlyhatchedeagletsofJackieandShadow.
FriendsofBigBearValley,thenonprofitthatrunstwowebcamsthatlivestreamtheeagles’nest,saidFridaymorningthatduringthefirstfeeding,onlytwochickswerevisible.
ThenSaturday,thenonprofitannouncedonitswebsitethemissingchickhadbeenspotteddead.
“WearesadtoleteveryoneknowthatoneofJackieandShadow’schicksdidnotmakeitthroughtheseverewinterstormthatbroughtover2feetofsnowtothearea.Thechick’spassinghappenedsometimeafterallthreewereobservedtogethergettingfedat6p.m.on(Thursday)3/13,”thegroupannounced.“Wedonotknowwhathappenedorwhyitpassed.Theshortersnowbermnowmakesthatchickpartiallyvisibleinthenestbowl,ontherightside.”
Itwasn’tknownwhichofthethreechicks,whichhatchedseparatelybeginningMarch3,haddiedbecausetheywerecloseinsize.
“Pleaseallowyourselftogrieveandfeelwhateveryoufeel.Pleasehonorthechickforitscourageingettingasfa