SW Florida Eagle Cam 2021~2022

[Journi]

9:01am - M15 got up from incubating and left the nest tree heading towards the pasture/pond area.

9:02am - M15 returned to the nest to continue incubating

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[Grosbeak]

0739 M gets up vocalizing. Maybe he wants a break. 122mm.jpg0740 Egg views as M goes to side of nest.
Egg#2 on right looks bigger, most likely due to cam angle122eggsa.jpg0740 M resumes incubation, sporting nasal bling of feathers and grasses. 122mn.jpg

Articles published in 2017 in Science and National Geographic magazines on "the surprising link between bird egg shape and flight ability" report that birds which readily take to the skies generally have eggs that are more elliptical than the oval shaped eggs of lesser skilled flyers or groundlings.

[Suemac]

0932 M15 vocal, gets up and flies off nest to the west.

0933 Eggs #1 lower. #2 on top

[Suemac]

0936 M flies back and resumes incubation.

0944 Harriet flies in with some moss

0945 Harriet waves the moss over M as he watches.

[Suemac]

0946 M to the outer attic.

0947 Harriet settles down on eggs to incubate.

0951 M to the nest with some grasses.

[Suemac]

0951 Harriet quickly gets up and is quite vocal.
Both watching from the nest.

0951 Harriet flies west

0952 M15 takes over incubation.

[Suemac]

1131 Harriet to attic

1132 M gets up and goes to outer attic.

1134 Harriet to nest, incubates.

[Suemac]

1134 M15 flew off northeast

1143 Harriet standing over eggs. Must be nice and toasty on nest.

1159 Harriet preening while incubating.

[Suemac]

Harriet on nest.

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[Suemac]

1451 " Squee! Squee! " Harriet welcomes M15 as he flies in to the nest

.... with a headless Harriet takes the fish and begins to eat.

1504 M15 to the pond and takes a nice bath.

[Suemac]

1500 Harriet finishes the fish...

1502.. feaks her beak on her little tree on the nest

1507 M to the pasture snag

[Suemac]

1508 Harriet incubating greets M15...

.....as he flies to the outer attic and then shakes his wings.

1509 M to the lower limb

[Journi]

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Well...I finally got on after getting the HW Error message many times.
(I was away from my PC all day, so while I can... I'll post a few evening s'caps.)

6:06pm - Harriet was perched on the Outer Attic Branch while M15 is in the nest incubating.

6:06pm - Harriet dropped down to the nest and after a few soft vocals, M15 got up and went up to the Veranda.

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[Journi]

6:07pm - M15 then left the Veranda and flew over to the Inner Limb.

6:07pm - After aerating and rolling her eggs, Harriet shimmied down and started incubating.

6:13pm - Meanwhile, M15 is still watching around the nest tree from the Inner Limb.

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[Journi]

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Sleep Well Harriet & M15!


6:37pm - Harriet continues to incubate.

7:11pm - M15 is still perched on the Inner Limb guarding Harriet and their eggies!

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I got that Error message a few more times after I posted theses s'caps, so I'm just going to say:


Everyone.
Thank you for everyone's posts today and Thank you to everyone who visited the forum today, too!
SED - Journi and Mary

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