Fans can now submit name ideas for Jackie and Shadow's 2 new eaglets in Big Bear

BIG BEAR, Calif. -- It's time to help name the two new eaglets welcomed by Big Bear's famous bald eagles, Jackie and Shadow, earlier this month! Friends of Big Bear Valley has officially launched its eaglet naming contest.

The two eaglets broke through their shells over Easter weekend. Now, they're eating and growing quickly in the nest.

Pip, pip... hooray! Both little eaglets in Jackie and Shadow's nest are eating and wobbling around in their first days of life. Soon, fans will be able to submit name ideas!

Friends of Big Bear Valley, which owns the live cameras near the eagles' nest, is accepting entries on its website through April 26.

Fans of the beloved bald eagle couple can pay donations to the nonprofit in exchange for name submissions. Then, a computer program will randomly draw a list of finalists. Continuing with tradition, Big Bear third graders will then vote on the winning names.

This is a bittersweet time for Friends of Big Bear Valley. The hatching of the eaglets happened two months after the person credited with the launch of the eagle cam, Sandy Steers, passed away.

"I think she's in the nest, because that's really where she wanted to go, and wanted to see," Jenny Voisard with Friends of Big Bear Valley told Eyewitness News in an interview earlier this month.

Sandy Steers, the executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley and a familiar face to many who follow Big Bear eagles Jackie and Shadow, has died, the organization announced.

Voisard said the eaglet naming contest was Sandy's favorite tradition.

"You can submit a name or two, or however many that you want, and then we will do a random drawing, and we will take a list of finalists to Big Bear third graders, and they will select the final names. And that was one of Sandy's greatest joys was being able to do that," she said.

The successful hatchings came after a setback this winter, when Jackie and Shadow's first clutch of two eggs this season was destroyed by ravens.

The nest of Big Bear's beloved bald eagle couple, Jackie and Shadow, was invaded while the eagles were away on Friday, breaching both of their freshly-laid eggs.

This time last year, Jackie and Shadow raised two eaglets, Sunny and Gizmo. After fans from all over watched them grow up, the two young eagles finally fledged the nest.