After several years of disappointment, there was a sign Sunday that the Big Bear bald eagle couple Jackie and Shadow may soon have a hatchling. The Friends of Big Bear Valley announced the discovery on Sunday

Thousands of eager viewers who have been watching the eagles' nest on camera since the first pip showed over the weekend got to watch one of their hatchlings emerge with glimpses of tiny feathers and a beak appearing just before 11:30 p.

Big Bear's bald eagles, Jackie and Shadow, are gaining attention as two of their three eggs have hatched. The eggs show "pips," indicating the eaglets are trying to hatch, and the third egg, being younger,