He has delivered fish and fowl, fur and feather, fresh or roadkill, since Harriet vanished.įood deliveries at nest cause for concern M15, Harriett's second mate since the camera's were set in place, has been a tireless, doting father eagle. "M has continued to be the rockstar dad he is and provided and protected in every way possible," she said.Īnd the website's camera's have born that out. McSpadden called the current situation the best case scenario imaginable after losing Harriet. It’s an active day so keep watching, fledging will be anytime now." E22 has been to the spike, the nest, and the veranda. E21 has been flying from the spike, to the veranda, and first time to the attic. There has been a lot of winging and branching today. On the Eagle Cam site Wednesday morning, administrators gave viewers a heads-up: "Good morning everyone. The last couple days has seen E21 and E22 working their wings and branching, or hopping, to various limbs on the nesting tree. The eaglets are expected to be here until sometime late April to mid-May." The site also reminded viewers: "Fledging is just the first flight, landing away from the nest tree, and return to the nest. The extreme conditions E21 and E22 grew up under could affect that time with a very different experience, mostly having just M15, could have an effect, the site said. Research by the Eagle Cam website to see the amount of time at the North Fort Myers nest showed the average is 18 days between branching and fledging with most between 14-21 days. After E21 and E22 make their first flights, they will then spend the next four to six weeks practicing flight skills, plus learning to hunt and survive on their own."Īccording to the Eagle Cam site, the eaglet's branching will continue until they fledge. "Both eaglets are surprisingly, and against all odds, developing on track for a successful first fledge. "We are officially on 'Fledge Watch'," Virginia "Ginnie" Pritchett McSpadden, co-founder of Southwest Florida Eagle Cam, said Tuesday. The matter at hand right now, however, is the pending fledge of E21 and E22. There's no evidence that Harriet remains among the living or that she will miraculously return with her mate, M15, come fall 2023. Even now visitors to the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam web site, where cameras watch the eagle family 24/7, bemoan her loss and describe in wistful terms the possibility that she could return. To say she was the star of the "show" at the Bayshore Road nest would be an understatement. The SWFL Eagle Cam allows viewers from around the world to watch the birds. E21 and E22 are the chicks of Harriot and M15 that can be watched on the SWFL Eagle Cam installed by Dick Pritchett Real Estate. They are preparing to fledge (or take their first flight). On Monday, March 27, 2023, the Eaglettes, E21 and E22, stretched their wings and spent time on the branches outside the nest. WGCU After more than a month since the last siting of Harriot, the female eagle, the Eaglettes are thriving under dad’s care.
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