The bald eagles living at U.S. Steel’s Irvin Plant have welcomed their first egg of 2025. Mother Stella laid the egg around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Stella joined Irvin in the nest after Claire left late last year. Irvin has lived at the nest for six seasons.

The bald eagles nesting at U.S. Steel's Irvin Plant have laid their first egg of the year. While it's the sixth season for dad Irvin at the nest, there's a new female this time. Stella is replacing Claire,

Division of Wildlife is conducting a statewide bald eagle nest census in 2025 and is requesting the public’s help to locate active eagle

In a social media post Monday, Feb. 4, Friends of Big Bear Valley, which operates two web cams trained on the eagle pair’s nest above Big Bear Lake, announced that “pip watch” — looking for signs of a chick hatching — begins March 1.

Bald eagle enthusiasts are tuning in by the thousands to watch the live stream of Jackie and Shadow's nest as three eggs might hatch in 2025.