Southwest Florida Eagle Cam

[balistar]

good news:

E13 fledged this morning !!

also at the age 79 days

07.41 (time not yet confirmed) EDIT: now it is confirmed
E13 flew out to NE....




....after 7 min flyabout out of sight he returned from NE with a beautiful perfect flight
07.48




(more pictures after a few posts about E12's missstep)

[balistar]

the misslanding of E12 yesterday, 18.52


E12 with big leap flying from outer branch to attic


missstep on attic


and falls over to the front, head down

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18.52
she is hanging upside down on the veranda branch


hanging on a small extension of veranda branch


poor girl, now hangs only with one foot

[balistar]

18.52 she tries to find hold with other foot on another twig,
hanging there in a straddle


18.53 poor thing, upside down she's struggling


while Harriet quickly flies in

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18.53
Harriet on the veranda looking down to E12
i can imagine -without sound- E12 is calling to H "Moooooom, help me"


but Harriet can't help her, must watch how E12 can't hold on any longer


and there she falls .....

[balistar]

18.53
H watch her falling


E12 lands somewhere on branches under the nest


the same place where E13 landed the night before after the owl attack

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18.54 H to the attic, E13 down to nest, watching over the nest rails down to E12


18.55 H on attic, E13 at nest edge and E12 on branch under the nest


19.01 E13 to veranda branch, looking down to E12

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19.03 E13 to H on attic, both looking down to E12
( maybe E13 giving E12 some hints how he got back from there to the lower part of outer branch ? )


19.33 E12 hopping under the nest from branch to branch, flapping
trying to figure out the way back up,
(meanwhile E13 lays down in the nest)


19.33 yeah, she made it ! E12 flew over to the lower part of outer branch

[balistar]

19.33 quickly she runs up the outer branch, just the same way as E13 did




19.34 and here she is again

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19.34 Moooom, i'm here again, you saw this ?


E12 jumped up to the inner limb of outer branch


happily flapping

[balistar]

a few more pictures from E13's successful return flight 7 min after fledged:


7.48 at first it looks like he's heading the nest tree

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7.48 but then he flies probably in a circle and steers to the snag

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7.48 approach to snag


perfect landing on snag


7.54 congrats, E13

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March 15

E12 und E13 have conquered the airspace over the pasture and cost it on all trains

11.39 E13 flies beautiful circles over pasture
E12 on church side pond snag and Harriet on outer attic

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11.39 crows welcome E13 in the air and join the flight


11.40 E13 returns to E12 on the church side pond snag


E13 landing and the crows say goodbye and fly away

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E12 stays resting on the snag, she has explored the front pines several times already

12.00 just beautiful to watch
E13 can't get enough, happy about the new ability


E13's breathtaking flight over the pond


13.19 both resting together on church side pond snag, H watched all from outer attic
E13 jumped on all branches

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07.50 - 07.59 E12 in a front pine

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08.43 - 08.45 E12 joins E13 on snag

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08.54 E12 flew over the pond and back to nest tree on the porch


08.55 E13 follows


oh, that's exciting

[balistar]

08.55 - 08.56 E12 screams when E13 landed in nest


with excitement there is the next scuffle