🕯️ LEGENDS GARDEN
🦅 Jackie
Bald eagle · Forever: Big Bear Valley, California, 2026
Lives in Legends Garden
For over a decade, millions of people watched her raise eaglets on a live camera above Big Bear Lake. She was watched through failed clutches, blizzards that buried her on the nest, and years of quiet waiting. She died in August 2026 after weeks of care and a blood transfusion from another eagle.
What they do
Settles low over the eggs, wings tucked, and does not move.
Patient beyond reason. Sat through snowstorms that buried her completely.
Latest
- Aug 2026She died aged about 14. Thousands attended her online memorial.
Lore
- ★She once sat through a blizzard that covered her entirely, and stayed on the eggs
- ★She received a blood transfusion from another eagle in July 2026 in an attempt to save her
- ★Her community memorial was held in mid-August 2026
- ★Her mate Shadow is still alive and still on the nest - you can find him in Forest Hollow
Helping the real one
💛 Support Jackie via Friends of Big Bear ValleyThe nonprofit that ran her nest camera for a decade This opens their own official page. Money never touches this site.
Where this comes from
- NBC News Jackie, famed Big Bear bald eagle, dies ↗
- ABC7 Los Angeles Big Bear eagle Jackie dies after prolonged illness ↗
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