SW Florida Eagle Cam 2023~2024

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Good afternoon. It is Thankful Thursday.
Thanks to the Pritchett Family for the gift of the cams.
Thanks to the Hancock Forum for this opportunity to document the history of the SWFEC
and this season of our amazing eagle family, M15, F23 and E23.
0619 E23 stretches his/her wing and with three vocals is ready to start day 123.

0622 E23 drops to veranda, then to nest

E23 goes back to veranda and spends some time watching the morning skies.

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0635 E23 flies to attic from veranda.

0636 E23 in morning prayer mode

0636 E23 voicing displeasure at shrike,

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0642 E23 flies toward office oak

0644 E23 flies from office oak to pond edge and goes near V tree and cement blocks.

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0650-0651 E23 spends time on west side of pond, then flies out of cam view north

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0653 E23 just missed an anhinga with breakfish on the pond rocks.

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0654 E23 on DSPS

0659-0700 E23 to fence by pond rocks- maybe looking to see if there are any more fish there.
I bet E23 saw the anhinga eat the fish

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0700-0701 E23 on pond fence. E23 getting closer to the pond cove.

"What's down there?"

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0702 E23 to the pond pylon

0707 E23 on pond pylon with nest tree reflection in pond.

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0709-0713 E23

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0715 E23 sees something and vocalizes

0718 E23 turns on pond pylon

0726 E23 flies off pond pylon

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0726 E23 flew to other side of pond and flushes a pair of wood storks that just landed.

0728-0730 E23 walks from east to west along pond edge.

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0732 E23 on top of branch and flies off out of cam view.

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0842 The herd and their reflections in the pond.

1001 F23 flies to the nest from the NW

1008 Cam op pans to nest. F23 is defurring some roadkill.

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1008-1015 F23 eats the roadkill squirrel. E23 is a no show again.

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1015-1016 F23 to veranda and flies off.

1017 F23 to pond for a drink and a foot soak.