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Huh, I didn't know the Phial still worked after the Three deminished.
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Yes, at their parting at the Grey Havens:
"...and slowly the ship slipped away down the long grey firth; and the light of the glass of Galadriel that Frodo bore glimmered and was lost."
The Return of the King VI 9
The Grey Havens
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I wonder...
I doubt if Galadriel was the ONLY one who could have put the light of Earendil's star in a vial, she is simply the only one we know who actually does it. No mention is made of it being a spectacular feat- for all we know, Cirdan, Elrond, or old Thranduil could have done it- had they thought to. After all, Galadriel is never associated with great feats of making, as Celebrimbor and Feanor were, in spite of having been the Queen of Eregion according to one history. No, her genius was in seeing a reason to do so, rather than any special power, I would say.
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I suppose none of them could've done it. Maybe it had something to do with being a Calaquendi, her being closest to Feanor in stature (as what tolkien sugested) , a pupil of Aule & Yavanna, & Nenya, the ring of water in her posession & the kind of sharp wisdom she had.
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The Eagles are Manwë's servants. This is why they always seem to be saving the day at the very last moment. The Valar don't want to get involved unless they absolutely have to (because they don't know much about the nature of the Elves and even less of Men, not their Theme of the Ainulindalië).
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Are these eagles immortal & of a semi-maian race?