Lastpointe
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For those of you who don’t know these are the names of the Bald Eagle couple in Fort Myers. You can find an Eagle cam on You tube
they have an interesting history. Harriet and her first mate, Ozzie nested in this tree in this farm for ten or so years, having eggs every season. Then Ozzie was in a fight with a young male Eagle. He was taken to a wild life rehab place where he recovered and was returned to Harriet. The other eagle returned and killed him. That Eagle is M15. He became harriets new mate and they have had eaglets annually for several years
the web site estimates Harriet is around 30
they laid two eggs this season, only one hatched. The eaglet, named E14, died at around two weeks of age. The wild life people recovered the body to find he had died of rat poison. Likely from a rat or mouse fed to him by his parents
fast forward to now. The pair of eagles continued to hover around the nest after E14 died and it was very sad to watch them on the cam. Sitting on the branches
and then they started fixing the nest up and five or six days ago laid a new egg. Followed by a second new egg. According to the web site this is rare behavior. Though honestly I don’t know how they would really know what eagles do in the wild
so now we are all watching the nest again in anticipation of two new eaglets
I mainly am just passing this on for those of you who might want to follow them. But I also know we have any bird lovers and animal lovers who watch our own robins and rabbits have new babies annually.
and in these days of political turmoil and virus scares, it is quite nice to watch nature unfolding as it always has
they have an interesting history. Harriet and her first mate, Ozzie nested in this tree in this farm for ten or so years, having eggs every season. Then Ozzie was in a fight with a young male Eagle. He was taken to a wild life rehab place where he recovered and was returned to Harriet. The other eagle returned and killed him. That Eagle is M15. He became harriets new mate and they have had eaglets annually for several years
the web site estimates Harriet is around 30
they laid two eggs this season, only one hatched. The eaglet, named E14, died at around two weeks of age. The wild life people recovered the body to find he had died of rat poison. Likely from a rat or mouse fed to him by his parents
fast forward to now. The pair of eagles continued to hover around the nest after E14 died and it was very sad to watch them on the cam. Sitting on the branches
and then they started fixing the nest up and five or six days ago laid a new egg. Followed by a second new egg. According to the web site this is rare behavior. Though honestly I don’t know how they would really know what eagles do in the wild
so now we are all watching the nest again in anticipation of two new eaglets
I mainly am just passing this on for those of you who might want to follow them. But I also know we have any bird lovers and animal lovers who watch our own robins and rabbits have new babies annually.
and in these days of political turmoil and virus scares, it is quite nice to watch nature unfolding as it always has