Meteor filmed streaking across sky above eagle nest

A meteor flashed through the night sky above California's Big Bear Valley, according to Popular Science. The outlet reports that Friends of Big Bear Valley (FOBBV), which runs a 24/7 livestream of the area's famous bald eagles, captured the fireball on camera.

FOBBV wrote on Facebook that the meteor moved at incredible speed and vanished in an instant while the valley slept, calling it a reminder of the natural world.

Popular Science reports that this year has been eventful for the eagles. The article says that in January, female eagle Jackie laid two eggs that ravens ate. Later she laid a second clutch that both hatched in April. Thousands watched as Jackie and her partner Shadow raised the chicks. In July, Jackie disappeared from the cameras. According to the report, cell phone video showed a scuffle with two subadult eagles. She was taken to a raptor center, where she was found to be severely anemic. She died early on Aug. 10. A memorial was held at the ski resort.

Since Jackie's death, a 4-year-old female eagle known as Kaydee (originally KD1) has been seen with Shadow. Popular Science says they have spent time together on the livestream, arranging nest sticks and sharing perches.

Neither eagle was in the nest during the meteor, FOBBV said. Without eggs or chicks, most bald eagles sleep in other trees. The pair spent the morning moving from the Roost Tree to the Lookout Tree before settling on the Twin Pines.

It is not clear what will happen with Shadow and Kaydee, FOBBV wrote, but the peaceful meteor flash offered a welcome pause after an eventful year.