..Our first season with this cam ended early when we lost bot of our eaglets to rat poison. One of the parents brought a dead rat to the nest which the youngest eaglet consumed. As eagles will--no wasting food--parts of the dead eaglet were fed to the older eaglet resulting in a long and terrible death for that one.
This is from last year's thread ---
. We have lost our precious Peace to unknown causes later known to be rat poison) on January 13, 2021-- 30 days old.
Soar high and free baby eaglet.
. Early this morning, January 24, 2021 at about 4 AM, (41 days old) we lost our other precious eaglet, Hope. We don't know how or why but I hope that she has been reunited with Peace! Soar high and free sweet baby eagles. We will miss you.
The eaglet's remains were retrieved by CROW for testing and cause of death was found to be rat poison for both of them!
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After all of the trauma of losing both beautiful eaglets at this nest we also lost Dad Joe. Poor Connie---what a year she has had.
It seems that she has a brand new mate. Here is a note from the cam owner, Lori.
.Captiva Update - March 15, 2021 - Lori has named the new young male "Martin", a terrific name for Connie's new mate. Here is Lori's post from Instagram "Well...I guess it’s official. First Connie arrives at the nest...followed by her new young male partner. After an agonizing few weeks of praying for Joe’s return...I now feel ready to accept this new male in her life. Initially, I named our resident pair Connie and Joe, after my parents (Connie and Joe Peller). My parents had an extraordinary marriage (61 years) and a wonderful life together. Even though they passed in 2013 and 2016...there is not a day goes by that I don’t think of them both. They introduced us to the beautiful island of Captiva ...and it has become our home away from home! I struggled with what to name the male...as the only name that goes perfectly with Connie is Joe. But it turns out...there is one other...Martin. Martin was my Mom’s maiden name. So everyone...meet Martin...Connie’s new partner in life. They have been spending many early mornings and lazy late afternoon hours ...relaxing in the nest together. They seem very content and and relaxed. I pray that the drama for this nest has passed and the next season will be one of joy and peace!
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