North Fort Myers

After more than a month since Harriet was last seen, her eaglets are thriving under dad M15’s care. On Monday, March 27, the eaglets, E21 and E22, stretched their wings and spent time on the branches outside the nest. They are preparing to fledge (or take their first flight). E21 and E22 can be watched on the SWFL Eagle Cam installed by Dick Pritchett Real Estate at the Bayshore Road nest in North Fort Myers.

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While Harriet 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.

With one eaglet hatched, attention now turns to egg number 2.

Harriett and M15, the North Fort Myers American bald eagle pair who have been visually entertaining bird lovers and others for years via the internet, have been incubating two eggs at their Bayshore Road nest. One egg commenced hatching Tuesday shortly after 8 am.

Ozzie and Harriet were the North Fort Myers site's original bald eagle pair, making the nest their home every year from fall to spring since 2006. Ozzie was injured and died in fall 2015. Harriet & M15 bonded later in the fall of 2015. Cameras have watched the North Fort Myers eagle nest for 12 years.

Lee County Commissioners Tuesday approved a $500,000 interest-free loan to help an affordable housing project in North Fort Myers. The Hermosa community could provide 72 multi-family units for low-income seniors.

As many as 300 people will wake up Thanksgiving morning in a shelter in North Fort Myers. Many of those displaced by Hurricane Ian have been living in shelters for nearly eight weeks.

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