Welcome to Season 3 of the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam 2014-2015 - North Fort Myers, Florida
Nest of Ozzie & Harriet

We are streaming LIVE as of October 1 !!!
E5 & E6 Season 3 (screen capture - urdognu)


Cams -with chat
http://www.dickpritchettrealestate.com/eagle-feed.html

Facebook Page…
https://www.facebook.com/SouthwestFloridaEagleCam

SEASON 3 VIDEOS:
https://www.facebook.com/SouthwestFlori ... 1942696957
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0

Link to Season 1 thread
forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=426104&topic=426104#426104

Link to Season 2 thread
forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=562232

Southwest Florida Eagle Cam Nest Notes
http://southwestfloridaeaglecam.tumblr.com/archive

Dick Pritchett Real Estate is excited to continue the live look into their Southwest Florida nest. We have two cameras that will film the birds 24/7 and stream live video directly to this site. Camera #1 is positioned six feet above the nesting tree and is equipped with night vision or infrared light, which emits no actual light. Nor does it make any noise. The birds do not see or hear anything coming from the camera. Camera #2 is located approximately 100 feet from the nest and has the ability to capture images of the nest action outside of Camera #1. Both cameras are environmentally friendly, non-intrusive and positioned to offer the best view of the nest and birds while preserving the pristine beauty of the nest and their surroundings.

2014-2015 Season:

adults begin working on nest: Ozzie and Harriet were seen at the nest site throughout the summer. Nestorations began in early August.

cams on: October 1, 2014

eggs laid:
1st egg - 2:07pm 11/19/14 http://youtu.be/PkBNw_-hcjI
2nd egg - 4:16pm 11/22/14 http://youtu.be/3FSAUEL9nc8

hatched:
E5 hatched - 12.59pm 12/26/14 http://youtu.be/6gmNITWfDU8
E6 hatched - 11.28am 12/27/14 http://youtu.be/hYjOrRE2jjI

eaglets named: E5 & E6

E5 passed away on Jan 20, 2015 at 10:15pm to unknown causes.
Tribute To E5 ~ Dec. 26, 2014-Jan.20, 2015 http://youtu.be/rbgf8DkE7Po

branching: March 8, 2015 at 9.22AM, Day 71, http://youtu.be/S1AhFRXtlrs

fledged: March 23, 2015 at 9.17am, Day 86, https://youtu.be/eTK6Vfe0RNs

first return to nest: March 23, 2015 at 9.36am, https://youtu.be/apZ1N0moUZI

last seen: May 4 at 10.36am, http://youtu.be/PEEEdW9BPGs

E5 & E6 (screen capture - urdognu)


Ozzie and Harriet Oct. 1, 2014
(photo by Donna McMurrer)

click pic to enlarge.

Videos

Season 3
Cam Videos
http://tinyurl.com/mrft34m
Ground Videos
http://tinyurl.com/kvuawbx

Season 2
CAM Videos
http://tinyurl.com/qzkwfx9
GROUND videos
http://tinyurl.com/kepm8yc

Season 1
CAM Videos
http://tinyurl.com/mrb8t7s
GROUND Videos
http://tinyurl.com/l833rrv

SWFLEagle Cam Archives:
http://southwestfloridaeaglecam.tumblr.com/archive

Thank you Dick Pritchett Real Estate for installing, maintaining and running these cams on your property. This is a family owned and run business. The cam was first installed in early September, 2012.
This mature pair of bald eagles, Ozzie & Harriet, have been coming to this nest since they built it for the 2006-2007 season. Before building this nest in 2006, the pair had a nest on the opposite side of Bayshore Road, across the street. This location is now known as Eagle Landing. The old nest was deliberately killed by someone to get rid of the eagles nest.

Two eggs were laid November 26 & 29 in 2012
Both chicks fledged successfully - Hope & Honor.
Two eggs were laid Nov. 17 & 20 in 2013.
Only one chick fledged suddessfully - E4
E3 sadly passed on Feb. 2 at 41 days old.

Summary written by JudyB:
(2014 Eaglet Information Table link: http://www.judybeagles.com/eagles2014/e ... o_2014.htm)
"There was a heavy rain storm the night of January 10 when the chicks were about 3-1/2 weeks old, which appeared to disrupt the fishing, so less food was brought to the nest - which led to some rather brutal sibling rivalry as older E3 tried to keep E4 from eating, so E3 could get what food there was. This was during a period of rapid growth for the chicks, so E3 continued to grow rapidly, and E4's development paused for a couple of days - which made it harder for the now markedly smaller chick to get food. After 4 or 5 days, food deliveries increased, and the younger eaglet began to find ways to sneak around to the other side of the adult and get fed; by January 21 (when the chicks were about 4 weeks old), there was still quite a bit of rivalry, but E4 was being fed regularly, and began to grow; by January 28 (5 weeks old) both were close in size, though older E3 had many more dark feathers visible, and rivalry was much less; sometimes they were fed together, and other times they seemed to take turns. We hoped this would be the start of a peaceful time at the nest, but sadly that was not to be - by January 30 observers were noticing that the older eaglet E3 seemed less active, and I think E3 got up to join a feeding only once on January 31, though food was brought to the nest several times and E4 ate well. E3 was moving around occasionally on February 1, and had some small poop shots, but didn't eat; she died at 4:53 am on February 2. There are several theories as to the cause of death, including poisoned food, a fungal or viral infection, the fact that more of the older chick was exposed to the rain January 29-30 (they were too big to both fit under the adult, and the younger, less-feathered eaglet was covered more than the older eaglet) - but it's unlikely that we'll ever know. Rest in peace, E3 - and E4 - best wishes for a long and happy life."


Tribute To E3
http://youtu.be/x0kXov3Dbjg

E3 (photo Greg Hill)


E3 (photo Greg Hill)


Nest location…
(click pic to enlarge view)


According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, there are 128 nests in a 25 mile radius of Ozzie and Harriet's nest. Closet nest is one mile, although it was last known active for the 2009 season.

Present Nest 2006 - present
This nest has been labeled LE-26B
The old nest that was across the street is labeled LE-26A and had been monitored.
The pair relocated the nest for the 2006/07 nesting season to its present location on the Pritchett property.
Ozzie and Harriet have had 10 fledglings confirmed from the nest tree on the Pritchett's property.
Year History
06-07 Active; Built a new nest north of Bayshore Rd: 2 chicks fledged
07-08 Active; but fledglings not confirmed
08-09 Active; 2 chicks
09-10 Active; 1 chick
10-11 Active; 1 fledgling confirmed
11-12 Active; 1 fledgling confirmed
12-13 Active; 2 fledglings confirmed
13-14 Active; 1 fledgling confirmed

OLD NEST - 1990 - 2006
The pine tree previously used by the nesting pair of Bald Eagles for more than a decade died. An unknown individual knocked off the bark in a ring around the tree which severs the roots from the needles and starves the tree. The county had monitored the nest since 1990 and recorded 23 eaglets, confirmed fledglings.

History of the Old nest in the "killed tree".
LE-26A: Donald road Nesting History
Strap Number: 30-43-25-04-00005.0000
Year History
90-91 Active, 2 Fledglings confirmed
91-92 Active, 1 Fledgling confirmed
92-93 Active, 2 Fledglings confirmed
93-94 Active, 3 Fledglings confirmed
94-95 Active, 2 Fledglings confirmed
95-96 Active, 3 Fledglings confirmed
96-97 Active, 2 Fledglings confirmed
97-98 Inactive
98-99 Active, 1 Fledgling confirmed
99-00 Active, 2 Fledglings confirmed
00-01 Active, 2 Fledglings confirmed
01-02 Active, 1 Fledgling confirmed
02-03 Active, two adults observed at nest tree 4/21/03
03-04 Tree observed dead 9/29/03. ES Staff inspected the tree on 9/29/03
and found the tree had been girdled by machete or hatchet. Birds have
been observed in the territory but did not nest this nesting season.
04-05 Active, Two adults observed incubating posture in Dec '04. 1 chick
fledged about April 6, 2005
05-06 Active, 1 fledgling confirmed
06-07 Inactive *Built a new nest north of Bayshore Rd (LEO26B). 2 chicks fledged at LEO26B
07-08
through
11-12 Inactive

As you can see, there is a large river close to the nest, (about a half a mile away - as a bird flies) that flows into the Gulf of Mexico. It is called the Caloosahatchee River.

E4 late April, 2014
(photos courtesy of Donna McMurrer)

Ozzie & Harriet ~ Hope & Honor from Season 1
Photo courtesy of Carla Sabin


Hope & Honor
Photo courtesy of Greg Hill



Identifying Ozzie and Harriet
http://tinyurl.com/nlzlfnv
http://tinyurl.com/oy3ubpq

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Live streaming on October 1.

Chat will be open for the day too....
This is a new and different chat format (non Ustream chat).
An announcement will be made on launch day (Oct. 1) when Chat officially opens for the season.


Southwest Florida Eagle Cam Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/SouthwestFloridaEagleCam

So many beautiful moments caught by an amazing crew of photographers!
We are so grateful for your photos and can't wait to see what's in store for this season!

Picture….Courtesy of South West Florida Eagle Cam
(click to enlarge picture)


Thread will open on October 1.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

VIDEO
Welcome to Season 3
http://youtu.be/Vlxgd_7BVXQ

Handsome Ozzie


Beautiful Harriet


Getting the nursery ready.