Hot off the press from Lady Hawk--The strange happenings between M15 and the intruder
An intruder is chasing M15 and his fish
-- scaps are from the video
Both Es are screaming as they watch the action
SWFL Eagles ~ Intruder Chases M15 & Steals His Fish & Eats On Ground! M Retrieves Fish 3.22.23
The intruder is seen in the pasture eating the fish
While M15 watches from a nearby snag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LadJJ98J4Xg
The intruder leaves the fish and flies to the pond
M15 retrieves the fish and takes it to the nest where the Es mantle
From Lady Hawk -- Mar 22, 2023 #FLORIDA #baldeagles #eagle
It was an action packed morning with M15 flying in to the nest with a big fish! But the female intruder was hot on his tail chased him around the pasture and stealing his fish! She is seen eating it on the ground while M15 lands in the cam 2 tree panting and watching her. He will fly back to the U branch and the whole time this is happening, the E's are screaming at the top of their lungs! Their lunch was just taken and they can see the intruder eating it on the ground!!
The intruder ate the fish for about a half hour before being spooked by one of the horses in the pasture. She leaves the fish behind & goes to the pond and M15 sees the opportunity and he flies down to the ground and grabs the fish and flies back to the nest with it! The E's mantle and mob M15 and E21 gets the fish and eats it. Later M15 will bring in two more fish and E22 gets to eat those! M15 is an amazing eagle Dad - watching and waiting for just that right opportunity ensured he got the remainder of the fish he caught and the E's got to eat, This is an important lesson for the E's about survival in the wild! Thank you for watching!
To see the highlights below, please click on the timestamps to advance to that portion of the video.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Opening
00:20 Intruder chasing M15 around pasture cam 3
01:23 E's screaming reacting
01;57 Intruder eating on ground cam 3
03:38 E's watching and screaming! Intruder eats on ground cam 1
11:02 Intruder leaves fish and flies to pond
11:45 M15 flies to ground to get the fish
13:33 M15 to the nest with the fish - E's mantle
14:57 Closeups of fish & E21 eating
Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk
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