Bald eagle

An injured male eagle found on Cape Coral recently is making progress at the wildlife hospital at CROW on Sanibel.

Male bald eagle found injured in Cape Coral recovering nicely at Sanibel's CROW; release is close

Michael Braun

An injured male American bald eagle admitted in late December to Sanibel-based CROW, the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, has been on the mend and freedom is not far away for the big raptor.

The eagle family in total. F23 and M15 roll the un hatched egg and aerate the nesting bole while E26 waits to be fed. It's more than likely the second egg is no longer viable.

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Failure of second eagle egg a certainty; many possibilities for no hatch

Michael Braun

It's nearly a certainty that E26 will be an only eaglet. The second egg is days past the 40-day benchmark for a successful hatch and the hope for a "Christmas Miracle" has come and gone like so much holiday gift wrapping. Breeding pair F23 and M15 can be seen on the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam as they continue to dutifully roll the egg. But it's probable that their ministrations will be for naught. They are also dutiful in their care and feeding of E26 with the fuzzy little chick continuing to thrive and grow.

Newly hatched eaglet E26 with the second egg. The second egg appears to be in the hatching process but that has not yet been confirmed.

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One eaglet out and in the nest; second egg's pip not confirmed

Michael Braun

Shortly before 7:30 p.m. Thursday night E26 popped into the world, freshly hatched and fully out of its shell.

A pip in one of the eggs of North Fort Myers eagle pair F23 and M15 was seen early Wednesday morning. Thursday it had grown to a significant crack.

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Pip confirmed in North Fort Myers eagle egg -- a hatch is imminent

Michael Braun

The tiniest crack in one of the eggs laid in the North Fort Myers nest along Bayshore was reported early Wednesday by the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam web site

The two eggs produced by F15 and M23 get a little break as the raptor parents get a rest from incubation. A hatch watch is ongoing and those watching via the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam could see two fuzzy little bald eagle chicks shortly before Christmas.

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What to expect from North Fort Myers eagles after 2024 tragedy? M15 and F23 starting out great

Michael Braun

Nobody knew what to expect this year from M15 and F23, the breeding pair of eagles in North Fort Myers. The 2024-2025 breeding season nearly ended in total disaster. The two eaglets that the raptors produced contracted avian flu and died shortly into their young lives. The two adult eagles also fell ill, but survived. All this was watched with dread and anticipation last year via the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam website. This popular daily drama has been livestreaming an intimate view of the North Fort Myers eagle’s nest since 2012.

The breeding eagle pair at a North Fort Myers nest produced their first egg for this breeding season earlier this week. A second egg was confirmed Saturday afternoon. Above, F23, the female in the North Fort Myers breeding pair, tens to the eggs Sunday morning.

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North Fort Myers eagle pair now have second egg confirmed; Hatch watch has officially started

Michael Braun

An eagle nest in north Lee County that millions have watched over the years is again drawing attention. The breeding pair of American bald eagles in the North Fort Myers nest successfully continued their family this week. One egg was confirmed Wednesday and a second Saturday night at the Bayshore Road nest of F23 and M15.

Two eggs, laid November 8 and November 11, were closing in on the average 36-day incubation period when the first egg showed a pip and the hatch began. The eggs are the second clutch of eggs from F23 and M15. E24 was hatched at 4:01 p.m. Saturday.

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The Eagle Cam is back; Southwest Florida spotlight on raptor pair is active again

WGCU Staff

The eagle, cam, has landed!The Southwest Florida Eagle Cam's live streaming of the North Fort Myers nest area begins today -- the first official day of Florida’s bald eagle nesting season.

This bald eagle is shown healing in an enclosure at the von Arx Wildlife Hospital in Naples before being released back into the wild

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Bald eagle back in the wild after treatment at the von Arx Wildlife Hospital

Tom Bayles

A Naples homeowner found a bald eagle tangled in vines, called the experts from the von Arx Wildlife Hospital, where the bird was treated and released back into the wild

Efforts by CROW - Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, Inc. and Joshua Tree, Inc helped to retrieve the remains of E24 for evaluation and testing. The eaglet's sibling, E25, has also died with CROW investigating the cause.

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Avian flu killed both eaglets at North Fort Myers nest

Michael Braun, Amanda Whittamore

The death of both eaglets at the North Fort Myers nest along Bayshore Drive is being linked to H5N1 avian flu, an investigation by the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife has found.The eaglets, designated E24 and E25, started having seizures over the past few days. E24 died in the nest and E25 fell from the nest. Both remains were recovered by CROW.The avian flu diagnosis was announced at a press conference called by CROW officials Thursday morning to discuss the deaths.

S second eaglet was hrtched Tuesday shortly before 6 a.m. at the eagle nest along Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers.

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And a hatch makes two -- second eaglet debuts in North Fort Myers

A second egg has hatched successfully at the eagle nest along Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers.Designed as eaglet E25, the newborn chick joined its sibling E24 shortly before 6 a.m. Tuesday.The eaglets are the second chicks to hatch from mated pair F23 (short for Female 2023) and M15 (short for Male 2015).