Lila Seidman

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How two Big Bear eagles became social media’s hottest love story After ravens destroyed their first clutch, eagle power couple Jackie and Shadow laid new eggs — sending their vast fanbase into celebration. How did they rise to internet stardom?

For those who want to go beyond the egg-cellent headline: www.latimes.com/environment/...

We fell in love with them during Covid, and also their heartbreak.

View livestream here:

friendsofbigbearvalley.org/eagles/

Print editors’ headlines always put mine to shame

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This condor couple may be tending to first egg in Northern California in a century Two condors in far northwestern California appear to be caring for a recently laid egg, a historic moment in an effort to bring the massive raptors back to the Yurok Tribe's historic homeland.

Condors are believed to be nesting on California’s North Coast — a major milestone in the Yurok Tribe’s effort to return the endangered raptors to their ancestral homeland.

Europeans settlers poisoned and shot the birds into oblivion in the region a century ago. www.latimes.com/environment/...

My girls love them!

How two Big Bear eagles became social media’s hottest love story After ravens destroyed their first clutch, eagle power couple Jackie and Shadow laid new eggs — sending their vast fanbase into celebration. How did they rise to internet stardom?

Jackie and Shadow are the perfect antidote to turbulent times.

Their steady partnership offers peace and inspiration, even through hardship.

After losing eggs to ravens this season, they laid more.

This is how Jackie met Shadow – and won over the internet: bit.ly/4bkNWnP

There's a guy who comes to my local library every day and reads @latimes.com in print -- as I work on whatever story I'm working on. It's become my personal motivation.

Fear that herbicides are poisoning Orange County creeks blows up on social media A group of residents is demanding answers from Orange County officials about herbicide spraying in waterways.

A group of residents launched a social media campaign demanding answers about the herbicides Orange County sprays in waterways. They fear the chemicals harm wildlife and pose health threats for people. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Inside the mission to get this amputee turtle back to the San Gabriel River Porkchop, a three-flippered sea turtle, is back in the wild after a year of rehabilitation, a hopeful moment amid ongoing threats from fishing line and trash.

Porkchop, a sea turtle, was found in the San Gabriel River with fishing line wound so tightly around her flipper that it had to be amputated.

Today, after a year of rehab, she went home. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Trump’s BLM Nominee Waffles On Public Land Sell-Off Stance Steve Pearce, the White House’s second oil and gas-connected pick, is “not so sure” he’s changed.

Testifying before the Senate, President Trump's pick to run the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Steve Pearce, wouldn't give a straight answer on whether he supports selling off public lands: www.publicdomain.media/p/trumps-blm... via @chrisdangelo.bsky.social

Where the trunk of a mossy tree splits into two parallel trunks, spiders have set up at least six layers of horizontal webs in the small gap.

This is excellent design by the spiders. If I was a bug, I would absolutely try to use one of these as a hammock and when they came to eat me I would sigh and accept my death.

Egg-xactly (I'll be here all week)

Not to be dramatic, but this is perhaps the best news I've heard in months.

Very sad news. I just saw the ones near San Simeon last month — recently born babies with their moms.

yep.

Celebrity eagle Jackie lays another egg after ravens destroy Big Bear couple's first clutch Bald eagle matriarch Jackie laid an egg on Tuesday afternoon, marking a joyous turnaround for a nesting season so far marked by tragedy.

🥚Egg-citing news for Jackie and Shadow fans!!!

The bald eagle couple welcomed a new egg — a hopeful turnaround after ravens destroyed their first two eggs last month. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Thank you!

thank you!

This month I am celebrating TWO YEARS as the wildlife and outdoors reporter for @latimes.com. I've learned so much, met fascinating people and seen otherworldly sights — including these wild horses on the shores of Mono Lake.

It’s been an honor, and I'm excited to keep going!

Pets needed help during the L.A. firestorm. A new bill aims to improve preparedness A new bill would make it possible to use federal funding for veterinary supplies and animal response in preparation for natural disasters, such as the wildfires that tore through Los Angeles last year...

Proposed legislation would allow FEMA funds to be used to help protect pets in case a wildfire or others disastersstrikes.

Many dogs, cats and other critters were displaced, injured or died during the L.A. firestorms last year, which proponents say shows the need for more resources. bit.ly/4axnmHS

WOW! Pretty (and pretty cold)!

Mt. Baldy all dressed in snow and looking majestic af in the background

Happ SUNday

Backyard poultry at risk for bird flu as virus lingers in environment | Food Blog Bird flu outbreaks often occur three to 10 days after spikes of waterfowl abundance within 2.5 miles of affected farms, says Maurice Pitesky, UCCE poultry specialist.

Got backyard chickens? Protect them from bird flu.
Avian influenza is carried by wild waterfowl. The virus can stay in the environment in bird droppings on your property, says Maurice Pitesky, poultry expert @ucanr.edu & @ucdvetmed.bsky.social 🐓
ucanr.edu/blog/food-bl...

Jeanette Marantos, L.A. Times plants reporter, dies at 70 Jeanette Marantos, a Features reporter, died following an emergency heart issue. She helped educate readers about native California plants. She described her reporting as her own ongoing education.

Still trying to process the loss of Jeanette Marantos, an absolute gem of a person and reporter. The Times, and everyone she touched (including me), will not be the same. www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...

Rescuers search, amid worsening weather, for 10 skiers caught in Sierra avalanche The Nevada County Sheriff’s office reported that a group of back country skiers was involved in an avalanche incident, which occurred Tuesday. Several members of the party are still missing at this time.

Rescuers search, amid worsening weather, for 10 skiers caught in Sierra avalanche

Ha! Hamlet and Puck! Shakespeare bros.

My sons turned 1 today. They celebrated by loving each other 😭😭