My blog is about the wildlife on Sanibel Island. However, today we drove to North Fort Myers to see a famous eagle nest. Dick Pritchett Real Estate has some pasture land near their office that happens to have a tree with an eagle nest in it. You can watch the live web cams at www.dickpritchettrealestate.com/eagle-feed.html. Harriet should be settling in to lay her egg(s) soon. When we arrived, I could not see any eagles anywhere and thought the 45 minute drive was going to be for nothing. But, thanks to the nice couple who pointed out that I needed to walk a little farther down the road for a better angle to see one of the eagles guarding the nest. I took a few pictures, then the other eagle came flying in. Right after that, the first eagle took off with some sort of food and flew to a nearby tree to eat. All in all, I took around 190 photos! Yikes! Thank goodness for digital cameras!
This one below was sitting in the tree. The one that flew in did not have any food. I was busy taking photos of the one that flew in, when suddenly the one below flew out with something that was half eaten. It looks like a fish, but the eagle was having a hard time eating it because it was so tough. I guess it could have been a fish with a really tough skin? However, that sort of looks like a leg hanging down?
Landing in the tree!!