Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow flee their nest following July 4th fireworks

Big Bear’s famed bald eagle pair, Jackie and Shadow, have fled their nest after July 4th fireworks were set off in the area.

The eagles have yet to return, according to the nonprofit Friends of the Big Bear Valley.

It was reportedly the fifth time that’s happened in recent years.

The organization had opposed local fireworks – “all but begging,” as one leader put it –  contending they could be especially difficult for Sunny and Gizmo, the pair’s offspring that hatched in March.