Fledged
2025
Sunny
Sunny hatched on March 4, 2025 and fledged on June 2, 2025 at about 90 days old, becoming one half of the pair that marked Jackie and Shadow's first two-chick fledge season.
Not every chapter ends the same way
The nest story includes triumph and loss. This page keeps both in view rather than flattening everything into a highlight reel, because that is part of what made the original Big Bear pages feel honest and grounded.
Named chicks tied to the watched nest
Fledged
2025
Gizmo
Gizmo hatched on March 8, 2025 and fledged on June 7, 2025, just days after Sunny. Together they became a historic sibling pair in the Big Bear story.
Lost in storm
2025
Misty
Misty was the first of the 2025 triple hatch, then was lost during a multi-day snowstorm. The season's joy and grief sat unusually close together because of this loss.
Fledged
2022
Spirit
Spirit hatched on March 3, 2022 and fledged on May 31, 2022. She became widely remembered for staying close to an unhatched sibling egg in the nest.
Fledged
Later deceased
Simba
Simba fledged in 2019 and was banded, which extended the public thread of his story beyond the nest. He was later found deceased elsewhere in California.
Lost in storm
2019
Cookie
Cookie hatched alongside Simba in 2019 but did not survive a storm, making that season another mix of success and loss.
Fledged
2018
Stormy
Stormy, from Jackie's first clutch with Mr. B, became one of the breakout eaglets of the camera era and helped cement the nest's early public following.
Lost young
2018
BBB
BBB was Stormy's sibling and was lost early, one of the first reminders in Jackie's timeline that every season can turn quickly.
Why the eaglet page matters
It explains the emotional weight
Each new egg is viewed through remembered chicks, not as a blank slate.
It shows how rare a two-fledge season was
Sunny and Gizmo mattered because the story beforehand included so many interrupted or partial successes.
It keeps the history human-readable
Named chicks turn a long wildlife archive into something visitors can actually follow.