Bald eagle

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.

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).

An eaglet hatched at the active bald eagle nest along Bayshore Drive in North Fort Myers on Saturday afternoon with a second egg being watched.The official hatch time for the eaglet named E24 was 4:01 p.m.The new eaglet is the offspring of mated pair F23 (short for Female 2023) and M15 (short for Male 2015).A pip, or initial crack, was confirmed Sunday in the nest's second egg.

Officials said it's not likely that the bald eagle found hurt along a North Fort Myers road Sunday, that had to be euthanized due to the severe injury, was one of the eagles from the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam nest.

This time last year the area was embroiled in a mystery of sorts — the vanishing of Harriet the eagle from the nest she shared with partner M15."WHERE'S HARRIET?" was the comment of the day at the start of February 2023. The question — never answered — left eagle nest watchers flummoxed, worried, and upset.

The first pip was seen late Friday night followed on Saturday by a pip in the other egg. As of Sunday morning video from nest showed one fuzzy little eaglet being tended to by the eagle parents. The remaining egg was considered unviable.

Shortly before 2 p.m. Monday a second egg was produced by F23, the second mate of M15 in the Bayshore Road nest in North Fort Myers.

A new year at the nest of M15 and his new mate, F23, brought all manner of conjecture. But all the worry and concern were erased Friday night when an egg was confirmed at the nest.

Florida's bald eagle season underway now through May 15.

Eagle lovers got one of their favorite websites back on Friday when the cameras at the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam returned online after a summer hiatus.