JACKIE!!

Good morning. ☕️☀️

*Please forgive the grammatical errors. I'm on high alert ⚠️ for we are missing a mama eagle!

UPDATE! 10:13AM. 

Jackie finally returned to the nest! Naughty bird! I was all ready to Matlock TF out of Big Bear Lake! These eagles are literally THE ONLY thing that makes sense in 2026. We can't afford to lose them now. Thank you for coming home. 

Daddy Shadow of the Big Bear Lake eagle duo has been on the nest of eggs since yesterday afternoon, over night, more than 15 hours at this point with no mama Jackie in sight. Oh dear. At dawn when Shadow relieves mama Jackie on the nest so she can eat, stretch her wings, and do her thing, this morning Jackie did not come to relieve Shadow. I've followed this eagle duo for three winter seasons now and I have never seen Shadow on the nest this long let alone overnight. Jackie wouldn't let him. I pray nothing has happened to Jackie. Eagles eat at least two pounds of food a day and sometimes store extra food in their crop. I read they can go up to 2 days without eating if there is food stored. Nonetheless,  Shadow will need to leave the nest to eat. 

Shadow just left the nest for a couple minutes to do another fly around. He just called out for her. Why doesn't he keep calling out for her like she does? When Jackie wants off the nest in the morning she calls out for Shadow like an angry Karen over a parking spot. When Jackie needs a break from the nest she calls out for Shadow like she wants off the nest now - RIGHT NOW - like get your wings over here right now buddy! But no. He's patient. Keeping the eggs warm. Waiting for her to come home. We're all waiting for Jackie to come home. OMG the stress. Imma 'bout ready to call Keith Morrison. 

Daddy Shadow on the nest his morning wondering where Jackie has gone for so long  and if his life mate is okay. Poor guy. 

It's now 7:48am. Still no Jackie. Sadly, I don't think she's coming home. Shadow has tried to leave the nest at least five times this morning but he hears the other birds near his nest and flies back within minutes to protect his eggs. 

(According to daddy Google) RCK Properties are constructing the "Moon Camp" luxury housing near the Big Bear Lake eagle nest. 13 minute drive according to Google maps. Conservationists have raised a decent amount of money to try stopping the construction or at the very least halting the construction until these eggs have hatched and the chicks have fledged, so like July. Then Jackie and Shadow would most likely relocate somewhere else. But no, RCK Properties would not halt construction. Time is money. A contract is a contract and people get paid regardless. Just ask the city of Summerlin when they screwed the pooch on the construction of that luxury golf course. Summerlin lost millions of dollars and had a hiring freeze over the city as a result. People lost out on work because of a botched golf course deal. Who raised these people?! 

SO the question is, do we think RCK Properties have it in them to hunt these beloved eagles down and I say 💯  they absolutely do. AND I don't think they realize how beloved these eagles are. AND according to daddy Google, a first conviction of killing a bald eagle can result up to one year in prison and fines up to $100K to 200K for organizations. 

Sadly, we must come to terms with the possibility these eggs are lost. Shadow will have to leave the nest eventually to eat. 

Luxury resort. Like that's what this country needs, more rich creeps destroying mother earth and wildlife for a luxury resort. 

This is far from over. 

I've started mourning Jackie. I wish I could have Shadow's hope but I do not. 

God creates, man destroys (as he always does). 

I love these eagles so much. 

A missing momma bald eagle with eggs in the nest is not a good look for a neighboring luxury resort under construction. 

Bald eagle > luxury resort.  🦅🦅 

That's the math in case anyone is confused. 

Rich greedy monsters. Absolute monsters. 

Go get 'em God! Go get them.