Southwest Florida Eagle Cam

All eagles except White-tailed and Spotted Eagles
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Re: Harriet & M15, American Bald Eagle Cam

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both laying at the tree trunk rails and M on the nest bowl :D
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cute :innocent:
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E13 standing on its feet for a few seconds
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~ 14.00 E13 seeks shade at M and the fish - please, don't move, Dad :innocent:
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both laying with their heads on a stick - the heavy crops need to be sustained :laugh:
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~ 15.00 E12 crawls with head under H and wiggles with its growing tail :D
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15.29 E12 picks up a "big" stick....
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...and places it on the other side
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WOW, E12, good job :thumbs:
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15.40 E13 awake and nice wingersizing
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15.50 M in with an alive catfish (poor catfish, wounded, still breathing and sure feeling pain)
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and E12 immediatelly is awake :laugh:
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H wants to pick up the catfish....
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....but M is in her way moving rail branches - she has to wait :laugh:
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M up to the attic, wet pants and belly from fishing
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M shaking himself to dry
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16.00 E13 gnawing on Mom's talon, again and again
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no reaction? then i take the other one :laugh:
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16.20 E12 wingersizing
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and standing on its feet for a few seconds
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16.28 after a stretch H picked up the catfish and started feeding both,
E12... E13.... E12.... as E13 was going to get the second bite,
E12 was not amused and bonked E13 down - "you have to wait, remember ?" :rolleyes:
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E13 stayed submissive, then tried a few times to snatch a bite and also H tried to give him twice, but E12 bonked him down each time. H teared the fish away from E13 to avoid more bonking, but E13 moved over to and got bonked again.
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16.40 E13 waited and when already the half fish was eaten by E12, E13 snatched a bite.
After this first bite, E12 threatens E13 with its beak, ...
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....but then E13 was allowed to eat, too (watch the crop of E12)
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and the fishtail goes to Harriet :laugh:
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16.54 feeding over, H via veranda to the attic - E13 now has also a huge crop :laugh:
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17.17 parents on the attic - E's in food coma ...
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17.30 .... laying on their fat crops :innocent:
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M comes down to nest, takes H's fish, starts to eat, gives a bite to E13
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H came down too, takes the fish away to other side (the fish is quite stiff) and eats
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M then wants to take the remained catfish head carcasse, but H does not allow,
poor M, doesn't get anything :unsure:
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M looks for other nestovers, then leaves the nest. H eats some of her fish,
then takes the catfish head carcasse, aaaah, she wanted it too, E13 is watching her....
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....and gets a bite :D
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H fed E13 also another bite of the fish, then moved over with the fish to other nest side.
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17.40 M came back to nest, took again the remained catfish head carcass and gnats on it,
while H is eating from her fish on the other side, E13 watches them having their dinner
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17.43 E13 carefully watch how Daddy gnats on that fishhead bone
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while sun goes down
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17.46 H carries her fish to other side and offers some bites to E13
17.48 M finished and took off the nest, H is tracking him and vocalize, even E13 tracks him
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17.52 E13 moved over to E12, both resting
17.53 E13 discovers a morsel on a stick, picks it up, but beak not strong enough?
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17.54 yeah, got it :D
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18:00/04 You'd think they were so stuffed and couldn't eat more, but they COULD :rotf:

E12 ...
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.... as well as E13
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watch those incredible fat crops :slap: (reminding me on ponton boats or bridges :laugh: )
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18.07 M came back to nest, eyes the remaining fish ....
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.....but H doesn't want him to eat that remain, wants to save it and starts to distract him by suddenly working very important in the rails :laugh:

Sure he took his duty and worked together with her, H was displacing a few sticks, M took the big ones and placed them back to the rails
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....and he so much would have had this remaining fish :rolleyes:
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balistar, great thanks for nice reporting and sweet pics! E12 "must" sometimes show, that she/he's the boss there.

15.January

8:33 cam time
Both E's laying together side by side in a quiet morning.
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Slowly awake... :D
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18.13 poor M went up to the outer attic for the night, no late night snack today, M
- you're a wonderful mate and great Dad :nod:
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18.14 the E's also settle in for the night - the beetles start crawling on the fish
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19.12 now watch the fish remain - its covered by creepy beetles :slap:
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Birdfriend wrote: January 15th, 2019, 3:39 pm .....E12 "must" sometimes show, that she/he's the boss there.
:hi: Birdfriend,
yeah, so E13 should not forget :laugh:
I'm curious how long it will take to reach a tie :shake:
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Birdfriend wrote: January 15th, 2019, 3:39 pm .....E12 "must" sometimes show, that she/he's the boss there.
:hi: Birdfriend,
yeah, so E13 should not forget :laugh:
I'm curious how long it will take to reach a tie :shake:
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