Wild on Sanibel

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Eagles at work!

The eagles aren’t at the nest every day yet, but when they are there, they are busy remodeling. Like any couple who remodels, there are some disagreements on placement and design. On Sunday morning, I must have taken 150 photos of them. They did a lot of bickering and pecking, but in the end, they seemed to be in agreement. The closest I can get is about 900 feet from this nest, so these photos are cropped and a bit blurry, but thought I’d share several of them.

Coming in hot with a stick! Sometimes they bring it in their mouth and sometimes it is in their talons.

One of their biggest problems is when they come in on one side of the vertical branches, but want it on the other side and the stick is wider than the opening. They always persevere, though.

Made it!

Bringing in a shorter stick this time.

Team work makes the dream work!

Gimme that! (Not so much team work)

Oooh! Look, babe, I found some nice soft bedding! (aka moss)

Getting ready for another supply run.

Be back in a jiffy!

Hurry back! I’m getting hot and tired!

Dang! You brought the whole tree. You can do that one by yourself!

No problem!

I think this is a little blue heron in the white phase. It watched the eagles antics from a nearby dead tree.