Southern California’s , , are close to welcoming their third eaglet as Friends of Big Bear Valley's live camera feed captured a 'pip movement' on Thursday. Video of the pip, a slight crack in the eggshell that is the first sign a chick is trying to hatch, shows the incoming eaglets’ two siblings playing in the snow and seemingly cheering the hatchling on.

By 9:07 a.m. on Friday, the third egg’s pip site had gotten larger and there was more movement, according to FBBV’s live feed.

“Hatching is a long process. It may take a day or more for the chick to fully emerge from the shell,” FBBV’s Facebook post said. “We are expecting sunny weather tomorrow. Just in time for the new Chick3!”

What happened to Jackie’s and Shadow’s eggs last year?

Last year, the bald eagle couple missed the 35-day hatching window by a few days, according to FBBV.

Sandy Steers, FBBV’s executive director, told USA TODAY in March 2024 that altitude and temperature possibly factored in the couple’s eggs failing to hatch.

“As to why the eggs have not hatched, we have no way of knowing,” Steers said. “It could be environmental, such as temperatures, humidity percentages, oxygen levels at high altitude, etc. It could be biological with something just being off at the time the eggs were created.”

Jackie and Shadow welcomed chicks in 2019 and 2022, but lost eggs in 2023 and 2024.

The couple laid their current crop of eggs on Jan. 22, Jan. 25, and Jan. 28, according to the FBBV.

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