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Here is a video and story from WINK, one of the local Ft Myers TV stations. They have always covered the SWFEC nest!


https://www.winknews.com/2020/06/16/fam ... _5KirHQ1os


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Official fledge! Essec09 (Admin): SWFEC Update: E15 - Accidental fledge at 6:41:03pm. If in the area, please give young fledglings plenty of stress-free space to protect them from flying into traffic or other obstacles in the area. FWC (USFWS) guidelines state 300 feet from nesting eagles. Thank you.

Hello Journi and all!! I just had to post this video that LadyHawk made because it's so darn cute!! Except for when they were new little bobblheads it might be the cutest thing I have seen all season!! ENJOY!! SWFL Eagles ~ The Dynamic Duo!! ADORABLE *BEAKING* CUTIES!! 360 View XOXO 💕💕 5.28.20 :vid...

Baby crow is over against the rails now

About 10:15ish an adult came into the nest and was looking for the crowlet. it was pulled from underneath Quebec where it had obviously passed away. Maybe suffocated under the eaglet??? :cry1: WR crowlwt passed 5-16-20.jpg WR so sorry baby crow 5-16-20.jpg So sorry cute baby crow---fly free. WR cov...

These are the last of my scaps :) WR Mom eagle+crow baby 5-15-20.jpg Right next to an adult's head while it aerates---yikes! WR crowlet calling to parents 5-15-20.jpg This was taken while the parent crows were dive bombing the nest. Every time they went over baby crow made it's little sound and ope...

Still more of the baby crow from this afternoon. :love: WR crowlet next to mom Eagle 5-15-20.jpg Cuddled up between Mom and Quebec WR lil crow just sitting in the nest 5-15-20.jpg Lil crow just sitting in the sun in the middle of the nest WR open mouth 5-15-20.jpg Feed me---please!!

Here are some of the scaps that I took this afternoon of the "crowlet" :) [/color] WR baby crow 5-15-20.jpg In the shade but you can see the baby crow in the nest WR crow baby in nest 5-15-20.jpg Croew baby begging for food---feed me -feed me WR crowlet in front of Dad 5-15-20.jpg "crowlet" lying i...

I have a few scaps of mine that I am going to post of the "crowlwet" too WR baby crow 5-15-20.jpg Baby crow in the White Rock nest WR crow baby in nest 5-15-20.jpg Can't see it too well but the baby crow's mouth is wide open---feed me! WR crowlet in front of Dad 5-15-20.jpg "crowlet " sitting in fr...

Hi everybody!! MsO asked me to post the video that she made of the "crowlet" today. ENJOY!! :thumlft: From MsO -- Eagle brought in a baby crow on May 14, likely as food. Guess baby cried and eagle relented. Eagle tried to feed the crowlet this morning, but could not get anything in. Not looking pro...

> John Bunker Sands just had a virtual "Eagle Walk" this morning which I attended on my PC. They usually have a well attended one at the Wetlands every year but they are closed just like everything else is. It was quite interesting and when they get the video of it loaded I will try to post it here ...

. This is a little late---an article from an Orlando Florida newspaper. :D https://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-fe-bald-eagle-brings-plush-squirrel-for-dinner-20200417-nje6vzmop5edpdjxwkhq6tsh6m-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0mRgsrgdy0y7jfk8ruDzr0EyF2ZTtoXXq8ZtR6GlVIGGxzLFHaBqy45qU ..

.Some bad luck and bad news for this nest today. I found this article on FB this evening. So many of our nests are having such sadness this season!! :cry1: One hatchling dies, mother eagle MIA after ‘floater’ attacks Standley Lake nest https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/standley-lake-eagle-up...

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Please do not copy---tribute picture property of and courtesy of Tani Deaton

. Here are two more scaps showing how tiny E3 was compared to it's siblings.



A very tiny E3 (courtesy of Betsy Myers)
Another shoeing how small E3 was (courtesy of Teresa Marrone)

. The youngest eaglet at this nest---E3 has passed away either over night or this morning. It's not known if it was from the cold front that passed through or lack of food---or a combination or even some other unrelated reason. It's been such a sad year in so many of the nests with cams this season....

. I don't know if anybody posted this from RRP. I could not find it here and I just read it on FB. :( Raptor Resource Project "~ Remembering DN11~ 3-30-2020 - 4-10-2020 We are saddened to report that Decorah North Nest eaglet DN11 passed this morning about 5:56am CT. He/she appeared to have some sor...

.John Bunker Sands Wetland Center Journal Entry #19: April 7th The eaglet is now about 67 days old. The window for fledging is mainly between 80 and 90 days. During the first half hour of my visit, the young bird stayed below the profile of the nest. During the afternoon the eaglet only did one win...

Thank you so much everybody for the scaps of precious E15!! I was attempting to get some sleep and I so appreciate you all!!


Welcome to our precious E15!!

The pip is progressing nicely!! Check out that egg tooth!!

.WHAT did M15 bring to his Queen?? She was not happy about it!!

.Thanks suemac and Philjo!! A different view of our pip in Egg #3

Right on time!!

JudyB---are we talking about $63,000?? John Bunker Sands Wetland Center March 26 Journal Entry #18 Continued. During my two hour visit Dad left the tower once to give chase to an intruder. I always think of the Turkey Vultures as 'innocent victims' of the eagle's protective instincts. They drift al...

John Bunker Sands Wetland Center ournal Entry #18: March 24th Since the eagles don't live in Dallas County (and neither do I ), I arrived at the tower this afternoon to give everyone an update. This time of year, I make most of my observations from a property to the west of the tower. Our young eagl...

John Bunker Sands Wetland Center March 19 Journal Entry #17 March 19th KNEE BOOTS and an umbrella are the order of the day. 7 inches of rain in 7 days means a lot of slogging through the mud to the nest. So it was overcast and misty during the time of my shoot today. JBS 13 is nearly full grown in ...

March 11 Journal Entry #16 Continued.......... Our eagles continue to take exception to raptors coming into their no-fly zone. Today there was one Vulture eviction and one encounter with a Red-tailed Hawk. The Red-tail didn't show any inclination to deviate from its flight plan, so Mom undertook to...

. March 11 Journal Entry #16 March 10th THE EAGLET....... Yes, the singular form of the word. I watched the male bring in a fish and later a small rodent to feed the young. During those feeding intervals only one bird showed itself. Were there two, the second would have certainly been seen as they f...

. February 25 Journal Entry #15:A WINDY DAY.....Spring is coming. Feb 24th Moderate temperatures and winds gusting to 30 mph means it is a good day for a controlled burn on the East Fork Wetlands. The team at the NTMWD was busy creating the optimum environment for new growth of the marsh plants in t...