SWFL Eagle Cam home of Harriet and M15 with little ones E21 & E22Little ones are doing good this morning. Dad is doing a great job protecting them and feeding them. He is doing the best he can... So proud of M15! Prayers for you sweet Harriet! Love you sweet girl!💜
M15 calling for Harriet this morning... 
via SWFL this morning...8:02a M flies NE. 8:18a M to the outer branch vocal. Es track him, both vocal. 8:20a M flies S, maybe chasing another bird. 8:22a M in with food, fish, AC. E21 eats, E22 submissive. SWFL Eagle Cam 2-2-23. Our Beautiful Harriet: Harriet, M15, and the E's on the evening of 2-2-23.
https://youtu.be/stO7wWgXdZ0 via adrocat
Harriet left the nest tree at 1736 on 2-2-23 and has not returned. Cam video covers views of Harriet, M15, and the E's on that date.
M15 roosted in the nest tree, watching over the E's. M15 made three night flights from the nest tree. I did not see/hear anything on Cam3 that may have prompted the flights. As of this time, I have not heard of an update on Harriet.
Feb 3, 9:02 PM
samour17 (Admin): As we close I would like to share this with all of you. The Pritchetts are aware that Harriet has not been to the nest since Thursday afternoon. CROW has been contacted, but at this time there is nothing they can do. M15 has been protecting the eaglets from an intruder and has provided food. If Harriet doesn’t come back we are not sure what FWC will decide to do. It is up to them, not the Pritchetts. All we can do is wait and see what transpires. CROW has not admitted any injured eagles as of today. (Post copied from the SWFEC Chatroll archives.)
ViaWGCU PBS and NPR for Southwest FloridaNEWS this morning...WHERE'S HARRIETT? Mom eagle missing from nest for days; Dad M15 defends, feeds eagletsThe female side of the North Fort Myers breeding pair of
Harriett and M15 has not been seen around the Bayshore Road nest for 24 hours, raising a slew of concern, worry and comments from the thousands of online viewers of the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam.
Editor's note:
Harriett remained missing
Sunday morning. The owners, and a number of followers, of the
Southwest Florida Eagle Cam have been making search for days in the area but did not turn up any evidence of the female eagle.
Sunday dawned with the nest's two eaglets huddled together; their mother remained missing.
The eaglets hatched in a nest off Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers have been without their mother,
Harriett, since Thursday. The father,
M15, has been taking care of the young eagles in the meantime. Sunday morning, above, the eaglets remained without their mother.
Ginnie Pritchett McSpadden, Southwest Florida Eagle Cam owner and operator, was cautious but concerned about
Harriett's behavior.
"This is very unusual activity for our seasoned and dedicated mother eagle," she said in a text late Friday to
WGCU. "We don’t have any answers or information to provide at this time, other than the most beneficial thing viewers can do is pray and hope for the best. We have been in touch with
CROW (Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife on Sanibel) on potential next steps if an injured Harriet is found. M did an amazing job today defending the nest and the Eaglets. It’s a tough time but we hope for a return."
While
Harriett is away, for whatever the reason, the male,
M15, has been taking care of the two eaglets born weeks ago,
E21 and E22. He has been feeding them and defended the nest from a larger, female eagle who tried to intrude.
The eagles were forced to rebuild after
Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on their nest. "They have worked hard at rebuilding their nest from scratch after Hurricane Ian destroyed it and now they are starting a new family in this freshly built nest made with love," the eagle cam website said.
The web site is a popular stop for many bird and nature lovers with more than 186 million views since it was put in place.
The Bayshore Road site in North Fort Myers where the nest is situated is owned by
Dick Pritchett Real Estate, also sponsor of the cameras livestreaming the pair, which was started in 2012.
Harriet was originally paired with another eagle,
Ozzie, making the nest their home every year from fall to spring since 2006.
Ozzie was injured and died in fall 2015.
Harriet and M15 bonded later in the fall of 2015.
Some of those who have been watching the nest have been making suggestions, urging and carrying out searches and the like.
McSpadden and other moderators of the web site have asked for calm and caution since the area where the nest is located is quite rural and wooded and laced with likely venomous snakes, alligators and other injury-producing conditions.
For now the site is keeping an eye on
M15, E21 and E22 and hoping that
Harriett makes a return. Soon.
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https://news.wgcu.org/2023-02-03/wheres-harriett-eagle-gone-from-north-fort-myers-nest-24-hours-dad-m15-defends-eaglets((Harriet M15 E21 & E22)) prayers for you!
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