Bald Eagles

Two bald eagles hatched on December 26 and 27, 2017 in a huge nest near Fort Myers, Florida.  Several high-definition cameras streamed a live feed over the website:  dickpritchettrealestate.com/eagle-feed.html.  I started watching them the first week of January and would check in with them several times a day.  I totally fell in love with the baby eagles.  In January, they could barely sit up for Mom to feed them.  They had to use their wings to crawl a few feet to be fed.  They were so cute.

Mom was over 30 years old (eagles don’t live much beyond that in the wild) and Dad was much younger.  Mom was experienced and a great mother; Dad was a great hunter and brought to the nest fish, squirrels and egrets.  Mom would open up the prey and tear off pieces to feed the babies.

After the accident, I was in excruciating pain or knocked out by pain medicine.  While Aloma had brought my laptop to the hospital, I didn’t open it for about 10 days.  When I did, the first thing I did was go to the eagle site.

I watched them daily and was worried that one wasn’t getting enough food.  I was a wreck when they started getting out of the nest and hopping up on nearby limbs.  I wasn’t ready for them to fledge for the first time.  Now they are accomplished flyers and come back to the nest only when food is delivered.  They are within days of leaving the area and not returning.

Well done Mom and your young husband.

Seasoned Man

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