Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Jackie, beloved Big Bear bald eagle, dies at 14
There was a bald eagle named Jackie who lived in a place called Big Bear Valley in California.
She became famous all around the world because people could watch her on livestream cameras.
Jackie built a nest with her friend, another eagle named Shadow, and raised baby eagles.
She was 14 years old, which is quite old for a wild eagle.
Jackie got very sick, so animal doctors at a special bird hospital took care of her.
For more than three weeks, they gave her oxygen and watched over her all day and night.
Sadly, she did not get better and died in the early morning of August 10.
Jackie was one of the first bald eagles ever hatched in Big Bear Valley, and her story showed how bald eagles are making a comeback.
Many people who watched her are sad that she is gone.
Jackie, the bald eagle who became a global internet celebrity through livestream cameras at her Big Bear Valley nest, died at age 14.
The Ojai Raptor Center announced her death on Monday, August 10, after more than three weeks of intensive medical care.
Jackie hatched in spring 2012 in Big Bear Valley, believed to be the first bald eagle ever hatched there, and later paired with mate Shadow.
She received oxygen therapy, supportive treatment and around-the-clock monitoring; her packed cell volume fell below 6% shortly before her death.
Her remains have been transferred to the care of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
- Who
- Jackie, a 14-year-old bald eagle and global livestream celebrity, along with the Ojai Raptor Center veterinary team who treated her.
- What
- Jackie died after a prolonged illness despite more than three weeks of intensive veterinary care.
- When
- In the early hours of Monday, August 10; the Ojai Raptor Center announced her death that day.
- Where
- Big Bear Valley in the San Bernardino Mountains, California, where her nest was livestreamed; she was treated at the Ojai Raptor Center.
- Why
- She suffered a prolonged, deteriorating illness; specialists could not determine the cause, and her packed cell volume fell below 6% shortly before her death.
- Name
- Jackie
- Species
- Bald eagle
- Age at death
- 14 years
- Born
- Spring 2012, Big Bear Valley, California
- Parents
- Ricky and Lucy
- Mate
- Shadow
- Death announced
- Monday, August 10, by the Ojai Raptor Center
- Remains transferred to
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife