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  • spideymanspideyman
    The sticks are calling!
    On Saturday, after having a cuddly night with Shadow on their favorite roost tree, Jackie was at the nest before dawn to check things out. After she left, she returned a short time later with a nice stick to give the nest a good start for the day.
    Then from sun-up Saturday until Sunday evening, neither Jackie or Shadow dropped by the nest or their favorite perch trees---there was a fishing tournament happening all weekend, so it’s possible they were hanging near the lake shore, making sure none of those fishermen caught too many of 'their' fish.
    Sunday evening Jackie was first back to the nest with her stick addition. And, not to be outdone, Shadow joined her a few minutes later with his sticky contribution. Even though they were only there for a short time, they got in an ‘almost beaky kiss’ and Shadow added a little wing nip to make sure Jackie got her share of attention.
    On Monday, Jackie dropped into the sparkly, colorful morning light to bring her daily stick. In the meantime, Shadow was hanging out on the Lookout Snag showing off his sunning position. And later in the afternoon, one of them spent almost 30 minutes watching around the neighborhood from the nest tree basement. They were back together in the roost tree for the night, but this time in separate bedrooms. Apparently they needed a little space for the night.
    Yesterday morning Jackie decided to get down to some serious business with sticks and brought 2 within a few minutes. Shadow brought his contribution, then stuck around to help Jackie place the next two 'more than one eagle can handle' sticks that she brought. After they left, it seems 5 sticks weren’t quite enough for Jackie and she brought 1 more for good measure.
    Even though the eagles didn’t visit the nest today, they were keeping an eye on it—one of them flew by to side-swipe a poor raven who had dared to sit on a limb above the nest, knocking it right off balance. It quickly recovered and flew off. (We’ll post a short and slo-mo video of that ‘collision’ tomorrow evening, so make sure you check back.)
    GNTLGNTFlakeNoirHedda GablerNeesy
  • spideymanspideyman
    FL
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    chin The stick is in front of cam 2
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    0955-0958 M15 lays down in the nest.
    Maybe I should move that stick 
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    1047-1120 M15 spends a considerable amount of time in nest before leaving.
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    FlakeNoirGNTLGNTHedda GablerNeesy
  • spideymanspideyman
    A Bad Stick Day…
    Last evening Shadow visited the nest first, bringing in a small yet beneficial stick to the nest… not far behind, Lumber-Jackie, known for her big wonky stick deliveries, flies by the lower right. She tried with all her might to make it up to the nest with half a tree in tow but couldn't quite make it!
    Shadow watched in amazement as she passed by. We are not sure if he was thankful that monstrosity of a stick didn’t make it to the nest or maybe he was thinking what a challenge that would be!?!?
    Shadow waited for Jackie's return which seemed like forever… maybe she was finding the perfect hiding place for that awesome stick so she can give it another try later. Finally, Jackie arrived stickless and got right to work, choosing the most obvious out of place stick right in front of her. Where to put it… where should it go… the best place at the moment seemed to be on Shadow!
    Looks like Jackie, having a bit of an awkward stick day, decided to take on the smaller sticks and the nest bowl while Shadow tended to the crib rails!
    After the work was complete, or good enough for now… Shadow headed over to their favorite roost tree to get the best roosting spot, by the trunk of course… or so he thought. When Jackie arrived, she saw a small opening, hopped up, squeezed in, and snuggled between Shadow and the trunk! Jackie and Shadow ended the day with some nice goodnight chortles to all…
    Does the nest look a little ‘sticky’ and uncomfortable? Not to worry, Jackie and Shadow will usually add fluff (soft grasses and pine needles) as egg laying gets closer. This generally happens in December with the majority of fluff coming in at the end of the month.
    GNTLGNTFlakeNoirHedda Gabler
  • spideymanspideyman
    FL




    M15 flies in to the nest with a partial fish for F23. She is above in the tree and she is vocalizing with excitement. M15 waits on the nest for her to claim her fish gift - he moves a stick around before going to the spike. F23 immediately swoops down & excitedly claims her gift! She flies off toward the pasture to eat it. Coverage is cam 2 and the 360 which shows the delivery and exit really nice! Male bald eagles will start to bring in food gifts as a sign of courtship and to help strengthen the bond he shares with the female. We know that M15 is THE BEST provider for his family and he is showing F23 he is capable of taking care of her and future eaglets.
    GNTLGNTFlakeNoirHedda Gabler
  • spideymanspideyman
    Visit by visit, stick by stick…
    …the nest is getting ready. Even though Jackie and Shadow seem to have slowed down their (or Jackie’s) big rush to get the nest ready instantly, they are still visiting often to bring a stick or two and to rearrange all the old furniture into better places for this season. They visited for a few minutes 3 of the last 4 evenings.
    Jackie only visited long enough Tuesday morning to bring a stick, but they roosted together that night. Wednesday afternoon got more exciting…after several raven visits to the nest that morning, Shadow came zipping in to the front porch chasing one of those ravens away before it could land. Then he stayed on duty to keep those pesky neighbors off the nest tree…until Jackie flew in with a big stick and of course, Shadow had to hop into the nest to help get that wonky thing into the right location.
    After working together on the furniture positioning, Jackie stayed on the front porch balcony watching over her neighborhood for almost an hour after Shadow left. But Shadow was back first in the evening with a stick to add...and Jackie was right behind him with her own contribution for the day. Shadow forgot all about the sticks as he noticed a white spot on Jackie’s wing and kept trying to pick it off…that is, until she said ‘enough already’ with her beak in his face. But they seem to have gotten over their little annoyances quickly and had another night of snuggly togetherness in the roost tree.
    They both visited the next evening…for a total of less than 5 minutes. Apparently, they had a lot going on around the lake during the day and were running too late to even bother with stick deliveries for the day…and they immediately headed to their roost tree to sleep side-by-side.
    This evening only Jackie brought a stick but Shadow arrived to help do lots of stick rearranging in a very short time. In their seeming rush to catch up on that sticky work, they carried several of the big sticks together to get them moved faster to just the perfect spot. Teamwork always pays off! With that intense work complete, Jackie headed out and Shadow was right behind…again to share the same limb for the night of togetherness.
    Thank you very much for ‘stick’ing with Jackie and Shadow as they get their nest prepared and up to code.
    Sandy
    Hedda GablerGNTLGNTFlakeNoir
  • Hedda GablerHedda Gabler
    I love the updates . 
    GNTLGNTFlakeNoir
  • spideymanspideyman
    The Owls are back.....
    https://forum.hancockwildlife.org/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=711&start=765
    GNTLGNTFlakeNoirHedda Gabler
  • spideymanspideyman
    Sticking Around…
    Jackie and Shadow continue to visit the nest most days and are seen in the habitat daily.
    Last evening, Shadow flew in with a BIG stick and an even bigger crop! The end of that stick looks quite smooth, you have to wonder if Shadow has been stick shopping in someone’s kindling pile?!?
    Shortly after, Jackie came in stickless… it didn’t take her long to notice that big stick was definitely in the wrong spot, and she went to work on it. Shadow couldn’t have her doing all the work and maybe doing it wrong, so he quickly jumped in… it goes over here, no… over here… that’s not right, it goes over here! After a game of stick-o-war, Jackie placed it in the perfect spot… or was it? Of course, Shadow had the last say on where ‘his’ stick would go… for now.
    After a bit more housekeeping, Jackie tried out the nest for size and comfort while Shadow tried to sneak a peek under her… apparently checking for eggs! It’s a bit early for that Shadow… For this area, egg laying is generally January through March with January being the most common month for Jackie. The eagles have much more work to do on the nest, no worries, they will have it ready just in time for eggs!
    Ok, back to work… or play? A little bumping… a little shoving, otherwise known as eagle flirting, which of course leads to some beaky kisses, all part of their bonding process.
    Shadow headed out first, with Jackie not far behind where we found them in a new (to us) roost tree. They have used this roost for the last few days. It is a bit further away, but still close enough for them to keep an eye on the nest and for us to keep an eye on them!
    Eagles have a small gizzard (stomach), about the size of a walnut. They have what is called a crop, or “to go box”, at the bottom of their neck. The crop is an expandable part of the esophagus which can store up to 2 pounds of food. Looks like Shadow’s crop was fully stocked!
    GNTLGNTFlakeNoirHedda Gabler
  • spideymanspideyman


    big bear:

    GNTLGNTFlakeNoirHedda Gabler
  • spideymanspideyman
    Jackie’s turn…
    As the weather turned colder again on Friday morning, Jackie got a little obsessed with bringing sticks. She arrived first from their alternate roost tree, but Shadow was only a few minutes behind her. They worked together on the nest for only about 5 minutes before Shadow went out to sit on the front porch balcony.

    Jackie apparently could not understand how he could just sit out there when there was so much work to be done. And she started working as if it all had to be done this morning…
    She left the nest and quickly brought back a big stick…
    …then she left and brought back a more complex stick…
    …then she left and brought back a tiny stick…
    …and by then, Shadow had had enough and he flew off his balcony.
    So, Jackie went to get yet another stick. Apparently, Shadow couldn’t handle the pressure…and he brought back his own stick soon after to add to the growing collection. As they worked together on the nest, all that closeness generated some small beaky kisses…followed soon after by some bigger beaky kisses.
    Then Jackie was back to her intense work, and even after Shadow left again, she continued moving giant sticks across the nest for nearly 30 minutes. She finally took a little break and posed for some closeup shots. During all her work, she apparently detected that yet another stick was needed. She seemed driven to go out and fetch one more before she took a break on the side porch upper limb.
    By evening Shadow decided he’d better get into the game and he arrived 1st with his requisite stick. His stick had lots of tiny branches, so of course that counted extra. Jackie arrived stickless to check on the progress, then they both headed out to their regular roost tree and snuggled close on their favorite limb for the night.
    Jackie often seems to get motivated on nest building when the temperatures turn suddenly colder. We’ll watch to see what they do next with this chilly week coming up.
    Sandy



    Halloween FL

    GNTLGNTFlakeNoirHedda Gabler
  • Hedda GablerHedda Gabler
    edited November 2023
    Got a really nice look at F23 today. Finally caught both in the nest.  She’s a beauty. 
    FlakeNoirGNTLGNT
  • spideymanspideyman
    catching up on Big Bear:
    So Close…
    A busy day for Jackie & Shadow yesterday, starting with Jackie before the sun rose above the mountains on a blustery day with stick #1…
    It didn’t stop there…
    Stick after stick came flying in with hopes this would be the day they break the all-time record from last year of 25 sticks brought to the nest in one day!
    Jackie coming in with her BIG and wonky sticks time and time again, the wonkier the better in Jackie’s eyes. Shadow trying to keep up, brought in some hefty sticks of his own, but more on the modest scale as far as wonkiness goes.
    Before noon, their record was tied with 25 sticks brought in, this will definitely be a record-breaking day! After their impressive hard work, Jackie and Shadow took the rest of the day off and left the total at 25 sticks. Maybe 25 sticks is their daily limit? With all the new additions, the nest is looking pretty ‘sticky’… Trust the eagles, when the time comes, the nest will be perfect for their precious eggs.
    Stick delivery and nest building is part of the bonding process for eagles. Eagles will continue to build onto their nest year after year as long as they continue to use it. This is why bald eagle nests are the largest bird nests in North America!
    The record holder was a nest in Florida that measured 9ft 6in wide and 20ft deep.
    Jackie and Shadow’s nest is approximately 5.5ft wide and 6ft deep and growing by the day.




    …and the sticks go on…
    The evening before the giant stick fiesta of record-tying 25 stick deliveries, Jackie and Shadow were already getting on a roll. Shadow arrived with the first of his 4 stick deliveries. When Jackie came in to help with those wonky sticks, it turned into some cute sticky-beaky kisses, then later more beaky kisses and after that a few more for good measure. After Shadow left, Jackie almost followed him out, but apparently had second thoughts and went back to give the nest-bowl a little try-out.
    The day of the stick fiesta, Jackie and Shadow had a cute moment of calm satisfaction as they watched out together over their beautiful territory.
    Early Halloween morning, Jackie flew in early to keep the circling ravens at bay and stayed for a while keeping a sharp eye on their movements and making sure they didn’t try to steal any of those new nest sticks.
    She was back, along with Shadow, later that morning to finish up stick deliveries from the day before. Jackie brought 3 sticks to Shadow’s 1, so Shadow couldn’t resist a little nip on Jackie’s wing when she wasn’t looking.
    Since that morning ‘nip’ didn’t get a reaction, Shadow had to try again when they were back at the nest in the evening. That one worked and got him the beaky kisses he seemed to be looking for. There was a bit more serious stick work—as seen from a cam 2 view--before they left for a night on the roost tree.
    The next day was apparently a rest day—after a night in the roost tree, they only brought 1 stick each in a short morning visit, and then were at the roost tree way before sundown to spend the night snuggled together.
    Thank you to each and all of you for helping us keep an eye on Jackie and Shadow's nest building progress!
    Sandy

    Lovebirds, Date Night, Bonding
    Jackie and Shadow arrived before 7 a.m. to the nest on Thursday & were pretty lovey-dovey but still kept a watchful eye on things around them. Shadow decided to try out a little love bite on Jackie's toe but when she ignored him he decided to go get breakfast. While he was gone, Jackie was busy bringing in four more sticks. She hopped up to an upper branch of the nest tree for a quick look around before jumping back down. Before she flew off, she decided to lay down briefly to test the bowl. Still pretty rough sitting on all those sticks with no fluff or soft stuff but it's sure to be delivered in just a couple of months.
    There were chortles heard early Friday morning but no sightings of either one until the evening when both eagles arrived in the nest after spending a little time perched on their other favorite trees. Seems they both felt a date night was in order! They began their evening with some branch hopping & a big smooch in the middle of the SDS tree! Both had full crops when they arrived at the nest & they enjoyed more time bonding together there before flying off to the Roost Tree for the night.
    Fiona, the resident SB flying squirrel, made a couple of overnight visits to the nest. It's unsure if she found any snacks but it's always nice to see her scavenging & chattering.
    The early Saturday cam pan found Jackie & Shadow waking in the Roost Tree. Jackie flew into the nest & Shadow was seen on the Lookout Snag. Jackie had to move just one small stick she must have felt was in the way before she laid down for another quick test of the nest bowl. She looked around as if trying to find Shadow, then took off to continue her day.
    They were both off doing eagle things the rest of the day, which probably included a nice yummy fish dinner at the lake. In the early evening, the cams captured them following each other around between the LS & the SDS trees. They really seem to be enjoying their time together as they continue to prepare the nest for possible eggs as soon as January.
    Thanks for being here with us as the new nesting season is now clearly underway. Jackie & Shadow always appreciate your love & support!
    BKind22

    Kissing and Nipping and Bumping Oh My!
    Jackie and Shadow seem to be focusing just as much time on flirting as they are on nestorations!
    Beaky kisses, feather pulling and bumping each other are all forms of bonding and showing affection to one another. Jackie seems to favor the beaky kisses… Shadow can’t get enough of nipping on Jackie’s feathers… and they both like bumping!
    Jackie and Shadow have been snuggled together in their nearby roost trees several nights in a row... Romance is in the air!
    The last couple of days they have only added one stick to the nest, though they are continuing to spruce up the place. The crib rails are much more defined, and the bowl is taking shape nicely. They usually start adding the soft materials in December just in time for eggs.
    You may notice a flash towards the end of the video. That was the camera switching to night vision. The nest tree also has an infrared (IR) light allowing the camera to view at night. The IR light is not visible to the eagles or humans, for the eagles the nest is in complete darkness.

    Nov. 9
    Crashes and kisses…
    Jackie and Shadow continue visiting the nest often and piling up the sticks.
    Yesterday, Jackie started at dawn with her first huge one…
    then Shadow followed soon after. While he was carefully placing his addition, Jackie surprised him, arriving with another big stick—he leaped into the air beside her and then both did a crash landing in a bit of a kerfuffle.
    But, never mind all that. They got right to work on getting that stick and others into the right location.
    They both continued leaving and coming back with new furniture to be placed. Jackie’s, of course, were all pretty gigantic, and there were a few more crashes as Jackie landed into the side or on top of Shadow.
    At one point they had to take a break to keep a serious eye on some circling ravens.
    Many of the joint stick projects erupted into sweet beaky kisses of encouragement...or perhaps of friendly corrections on the last placement.
    And later, Shadow did a bit of a turn-about and crashed his new complex stick on top of Jackie. Apparently, all is fair in love and sticks.
    Jackie’s final delivery made 12 for the day. And she was back twice more—in the late morning and then in the late afternoon—just to make sure all was still in order.
    Sandy
    Hedda GablerGNTLGNTFlakeNoir
  • spideymanspideyman
    FL

    The owls continue to visit the nest each night.

    M15 had undid himself with building up the rains, to the point that cam one can not longer view the nest bole.

    Season 12 morning C 11-09-2023jpg
    06:32:49 M15 spreading grass around nest.



    Hedda GablerGNTLGNTFlakeNoir
  • spideymanspideyman
    Hello again night peeps.
    @ 1:10 a.m. Both eagles are vocal. Can not see them anywhere. NO POND CAMERA VIEW to help ! cry1

    @ 1:17 a.m. More vocals from F23. The eagles maybe in the nest tree. On unknown branches below the nest.
    Have not seen F23 to see if she is injured or not.
    I'm still watching.
    Temp 73°
    Be safe everybirdy ! rh

    @ 1:59 a.m. Quick vocals from both eagles again.

    @ 2:15 a.m. More vocals from both. Short and quick. Then quiet again. I do not see anything, any birdy, anywhere. 

    @ 2:35 a.m. Vocals ! Eagle, F23 to the nest. Comes from the front area ? Still vocal on and off. On high alert. 

    @ 2:48 a.m. F23 in the nest laying low. She is chittering and watching all around. She lays down for a minute, then to her feet !
    All the loud vocals and yelling again. Owl is flying around.

    @ 2:50 a.m. M to the attic. He comes from the west. Both loud and vocal ! F23 remains in the nest.

    @ 2:56 a.m. Owl flies by again. Both still vocal.

    @ 2:59 a.m. M to the nest, Both vocal. F23 has her head tucked under.

    @ 3 a.m. M back to the attic. Vocals continue... 

    @ 3:04 a.m. F23 takes off the nest. Goes out around to the attic. Both in attic now and extremely vocal ! hlp
    M closest to the camera. He is barely seen. F23 is moved very close to M.

    @ 3:20 a.m. Vocals continue from both eagles in the attic.

    @ 3:45 a.m. Vocals continue. On and off. Mostly from F23. M is hanging 4 and trying to rest.
    F23 will causally closes her eyes.

    @ 4 am. M turns to face the nest. He looks at us up real close. Hello M. love . They both have closed their eyes.

    @ 4:05 am. OWL strikes F23 for the third time tonight. cry1 She makes it back to the nest. I don't know from where or how. Vocals from both.

    @ 4:16 am. M flies to the nest. He scares F23 even more than she already is. Both loud vocals.

    @ 4:22 am. M back to the attic via the veranda. You guessed it. Vocals all around. Loud.

    @ 4:27 am. F23 back to the veranda. Then to the attic. Then MATING ! w00t ?? Still vocals on and off.

    @ 5 am. Both eagles in the attic. Resting. Some vocals from f23 now and then. All else is quiet. Be safe. Rest well.
    What a long night. Early birds it's your turn. Tag, your it. coffee2 Happy Sunday Morning.
    nite peeps.


    Guard Rails, Pine Cones & Eagle Smooches...
    Our two eagles were captured in the snag trees early Thursday morning but other than that it was pretty quiet on the home front. Jackie & Shadow were out & about in their habitat taking care of eagle business until later in the afternoon when Jackie arrived at the nest.
    She softly dropped in from the back porch as a raven circled around the nest tree. She had her eye on it as it glided around & landed on the high perch four different times. It kept a safe distance away from her so maybe it was just testing for nest access but it was clearly denied as Jackie would have none of that! Her quiet yet fierce presence was enough to say “see ya” & the raven finally flew off with the wind. Jackie jumped out to the front porch & perched on a nest level branch continuing to survey her vast territory for just a bit longer before flying off.
    The wind calmed down later in the afternoon when Shadow came skidding in on the back porch for duskapalooza with a nice sized spiny branch in his talons. As he was finding just the right place for it, Jackie came in to help. They seem to think beak smooches are quite enjoyable when rearranging nest furniture, so they happily partook.
    Jackie watched Shadow fly off & return with stick #2 of the day. They worked tirelessly moving sticks around in the log pile, big ones to the outside for guard rails & smaller ones to the inside around the nest bowl. Of course they stopped periodically to kiss or look around!
    At one point, Shadow managed to squeeze by Jackie to get to the front porch to go out to fetch his third & final stick of the day. Jackie suddenly seemed to notice the beautiful orange pinecone in the nest & took a couple of nibbles at it before getting back to her stick work.
    As they bumped around, Shadow gently kicked the pine cone to the middle of the bowl. They stood up tall with the pine cone between them & gazed into each other's eyes as if to say “good work tonight”!
    They took one last peek around to study their awesome stick work & ended the day with a few more beak kisses.
    Jackie left first out the back & Shadow quickly followed, stumbling over that same pine cone on his way out to roost for the night. The pine cone has survived twelve new sticks brought in a few days ago & three more today, plus all the fly-ins, rough landings & eagles romping around in the nest!
    By Friday, they had quite a busy week already so maybe decided to take a break to perch, fish & rest. Only Jackie showed up to the nest for a grand total of five minutes all day. In the evening, she took a few pecks at the pine cone again then looked around for Shadow who was likely already roosting & away she went. That's all folks!
    They are just so wonderful together & we look forward to more excitement from these two lovebirds in the weeks to come. As always, thank you for your support of this beautiful eagle pair!
    BKind22
    Hedda GablerFlakeNoirGNTLGNT
  • Hedda GablerHedda Gabler
    I’m scared to look at florida nest. 
    FlakeNoirGNTLGNT
  • spideymanspideyman
    Monday 13th-- the eagles did not spend last night in the nest tree.
    Owls visit overnight. 6:34a M in with grass, F23 in, both work on the nest. 6:50a-7:20a both were in and out with materials. F23 to the attic, M follows, vocal and watchful. 7:32a Both fly West. 7:35a M in with a stick. 7 minutes ago
    GNTLGNTHedda GablerFlakeNoir
  • spideymanspideyman
    Is the nest getting smaller…
    As Jackie and Shadow add more and more sticks to the nest, it’s getting bigger…and seeming smaller at the same time…or maybe all that bumping together in the nest bowl whenever they are both working on the endless stick rearrangements is from them pretending the nest is smaller so they can sneak in more snuggling time.
    For the past few days, through wind, through fog, through rain, Jackie has been bringing sticks to the nest nearly every day…and Shadow… (sshhh—don’t tell Jackie!) has only brought half as many…
    …and since that huge record-breaking stick that Jackie brought in the last video, they have both been bringing fairly small sticks…apparently, they had a discussion about needing to fill in some of the gaps between giant sticks.
    But they have been working together a lot to move some of the bigger sticks already in the nest to better places…and of course, all that working together causes episodes of beaky kisses that seem to erupt out of nowhere…or sometimes erupt because Shadow can’t resist taking a little nibble on Jackie’s wing.
    Even on days they don’t come to the nest, Jackie and Shadow have been spotted from cam 2 on nearby perch trees. And they have been roosting often in their original roost tree or their new alternate roost tree nearby.
    Friday afternoon, a little sub-adult visitor dropped by their territory to check things out. From the markings, it might be a 2021 or 2022 hatchling.
    And of course, Fiona has been a frequent night visitor…but make sure no one tells Jackie or Shadow that Fiona was chewing on the official nest pine cone.




    GNTLGNTFlakeNoirHedda Gabler
  • spideymanspideyman


    The footage begins with the male Great Horned Owl arriving to the nest edge hooting & calling for his mate. He enters the nest and continues his calling - then will head to the veranda tip and fly off. But the owls are out and very active tonight and they could be heard hooting for some time.

    Right before the owl strike, hooting is heard and we see an owl flyby over the nest. Noises are heard and then M15 tries to land on the attic but the owl is already in attack mode with its powerful talons outstretched and knocks M15 backwards off the attic. The owl just missed grabbing M15's face as M turned aside in that split second. M15 went downward along with the owl. F23 lands on the nest in high alert screaming. M15 lands on the attic and then he drops to the nest to stand by F23 - both on high alert guarding their nest. They remain on the nest for some time - then F23 will go to the veranda & up to the attic. M15 remains on the nest. In regular time and slo-mo from different angles from the 360 cam & cam 1. It is scary to see the owls becoming more aggressive as they perceive the eagles are taking over their nest and domain.

    While processing this video, F23 was also struck by an owl this evening when she was on the attic. She flew off and has not returned yet. M15 is remaining on the nest to defend it. Thank you for watching!

    ****Nov 21
     6:28a M on the attic, F23 flies in to the nest. Both vocal. F23 lies in the bole. 6:38a F23 to the attic, both vocal, watchful. 6:46a M to the nest, flies off. 7:24 a F23 flies to the Norfolk pine East.
    GNTLGNTFlakeNoirHedda Gabler
  • spideymanspideyman
    9:37a M delivered a big fish, F23 claimed it, she ate on the nest but didn't finish it all. 9:57a F23 done eating, lies in the bole. 11:03a F23 back up, moves nesting, settles back down. Seems restless. We are on Official Egg Watch. 

    https://dickpritchettrealestate.com/southwest-florida-eagle-cam/?cam=1
    FlakeNoirGNTLGNTHedda Gabler
  • FlakeNoirFlakeNoir
    Thank you Spidey... we wait. 🤞🙏🥰
    GNTLGNTHedda Gabler
  • spideymanspideyman
    Screenshot 2023-11-24 190142jpg

    Congratulations M15 and F23! While we don't have 100% visual confirmation, we think an egg was laid at 17:54:37 ET. Talons Crossed! 4 minutes ago
    GNTLGNTFlakeNoirHedda Gabler
  • spideymanspideyman



    EGG CONFIRMED
    FlakeNoirGNTLGNTHedda GablerNeesy
  • FlakeNoirFlakeNoir
    spideyman said:



    EGG CONFIRMED
    Woohoo! ❤️
    GNTLGNTHedda Gabler
  • spideymanspideyman
    We have egg 2 , official time will be posted soon. First seen about 14:28:52 ish. Congratulations M15 and F23     Nov. 27
    Hedda GablerFlakeNoirGNTLGNT
  • spideymanspideyman
    Correction on time layed:
    Congratulations to M15 and F23 on Egg 2 laid on 11-27-2023 at 13:44:13 and our first view was at 14:28:52.
    Hedda GablerFlakeNoirGNTLGNT
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