Southwest Florida Eagle Cam

[Sunshine]

So interesting to watch them playing..
Similar to babies, who can explore and play with simple objects like kitchen utensils or a cloth, putting that all in their mouths, in the same way the eaglets explore their surroundings by touching and pulling, and exploring everything with their beaks..

07:39
E15 on the tree stump, pulling leaves and sticks



08:05
E16 on the same stump, finding things so interesting

[Sunshine]

08:06
E16 pulling and touching

[Sunshine]

08:34
E15 decides to join E16, yet E16 decides to start an argument - and a proper brawl starts
Kicking, biting and feathers flying!








It's a real practice for their adult life.

Moments later it is over, and both contestants go separate ways to continue their explorations

[Sunshine]

10:02
M15 brings a bird (a young heron..); E15 grabs it and mantles

10:23
E16 steals the bird from E15

12:20
M15 to the nest; takes what is left of the heron and eats it.
Both eaglets squeak very loud, so M15 gives them a few morsels, too



15:51
Harriet



~ 16.00
E15 laying down in the nest for a longer while and resting.

17:27
Both eaglets on the dead tree

[Owlie]

Thankyou, Sunshine for the pics of playing and competing children

[Sunshine]

Owlie, good to see you!

[Sunshine]

Just two pics of E16,
On 11.07 (s)he turned 14 weeks old.

/screenshots from Lady Hawk's video/



A beautiful eaglet!

[Sunshine]

10.07.

/screens from Lady Hawk's video/

Despite the occasional rambles, they still do preen and nibble each other sometimes.

09:24 a.m.
E15 landed on the nest and started working on E16's feathers.
After a while E16 gets up and says - I don't want anymore! - but E15 lays down next to her and continues

[Sunshine]

09:28
Beak touching and laying down together



E16 stretches a foot, and E15 sees that as an invitation to pull&nibble E16's toe

[Sunshine]

11.07.

07:36
E16 posing for the photographers



08:25
M15 brings a road-kill squirrel; E16 gets it, yet moments later E15 comes in and steals the squirrel from E16

08:40
M15 another part of a roadkill; both eaglets clash with each other over it; E15 wins
E16 steals the squirrel from E15.

08:45
E15 gets into tug of war with a tree branch over a pelt



09:11
The way they are eating these days - one fully mantled, the other trying to make a steal

[Sunshine]

09:13
Harriet brings a fish, E15 grabs it fast

16:46
M15 brings a fish; Harriet comes to the nest and takes it. Yet two minutes later E15 storms in and confiscates the fish from her..

[Sunshine]

12.07.

/screenshots from the video of Lady Hawk/

09:06 a.m.
This is how E16 looks when (s)he sees food (this case, a fish) and speeds home to get it
E16 did get it, in this case!



09:34
Both eaglets together



08:14
E15 was dancing along the shore and playing with the sticks even in the rain.

[Sunshine]

16:54
The lovely E16





Return of an eaglet to the nest - from the view of the 360 degree cam.

[Sunshine]

13.07.

09:52
Battles for the food are quite fierce sometimes.
If E16 tries to steal it and grab it quickly, if there is a chance; E15 seems to more actively take away the fish with force and by pulling it from underneath.

This morning E16 is the first to grab the fish, which M15 brought, yet E15 takes it away.





10:09
Yet sometimes the patient one wins
Harriet brings a cat-fish head, E15 drops the whole fish and rushes to Harriet; at the same time E16 grabs the dropped fish



10:48
M15 brings another fish; E16 gets it this time

11:01
Harriet with another fish; E16 is the fastest yet again

E15 steals a part of the fish from E16; now both have a nice brunch.

12:19
Yet one more fish by M15

[Sunshine]

Both eaglets spent quite a lot of time on the nest today - since ~10.00 a.m. till ~ 16.00 p.m.
Probably, also because of the many fish delivered one after another.

15:08
Touching each other's beaks (E15 on the right/ E16 on the left)



16:13
E15



17:09
Both eaglets and a horse in the water

[Sunshine]

17:16
Harriet

[Owlie]

Thanks Sunshine for your pics again.

I am so happy for this Pritchett's eagle cam world, where we can follow the eaglets exploring their territory also outside the nest, it is just awesome to see how they seem to enjoy of the space and a new world they can reach by flying around. The best set of all nest cams (Btw I find it remarkable that the eaglets can avoid the traffic and the roads instinctively)

[Sunshine]

Owlie, thanks a lot!
Yes, indeed, the setup of these cameras is great. As well as people behind them, who zoom the cameras to where it is needed; turn them to all directions to follow the eagle family day and night; take pics and describe each action of the eagles; moderate very professionally the forum, live chat and social networks.

Apparently, this all requires quite an investment both financially and also from the point of human resources..
Harriet and M15, and their eaglets are one lucky family! And we too, of course.

[Sunshine]

Abigyl, I wonder where have you gone?

[Sunshine]

14.07.

Just a few pics from 14.07 /screens from Lady Hawk's video/

11:12
E15 playing with the camera strap and E16 watching

(Btw I find it remarkable that the eaglets can avoid the traffic and the roads instinctively)

13:47
It seems, they can't do that always, as is visible below.. But then people wait very politely. Cars stood still and started to drive only after E15 had taken off