{"id":46136,"date":"2025-11-14T05:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/46136\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T05:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:04:07","slug":"beloved-southwest-florida-eagles-welcome-1st-egg-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/46136\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Southwest Florida eagles welcome 1st egg of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a &#8220;symbol of resilience and renewal&#8221; after the mated pair lost both their eaglets to the bird flu early this year.<\/p>\n<p>FLORIDA, USA \u2014 The two beloved Southwest Florida eagles, M15 and F23, have officially welcomed their first egg of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Southwest Florida Eagle Cam, based in Fort Myers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1LEA5fv3Q9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">shared the announcement on Facebook<\/a>, saying it serves as a &#8220;symbol of resilience and renewal&#8221; after the mated pair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/life\/animals\/southwest-florida-eaglets-died-positive-for-bird-flu\/77-2f62e56c-67d8-4fd5-8c7b-872f7d2e38c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">lost both their eaglets to the bird flu early this year.\u00a0<\/a>Thousands had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/regional\/florida\/hatch-watch-baby-eaglets-getting-ready-to-hatch-on-florida-eagle-cam\/77-bbea4537-056a-4329-93c1-852cb0d9cc4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" id=\"isPasted\">watched the two eaglets hatch live<\/a> in December and mourned their loss in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Congratulations to the proud parents and to our amazing SWFL Eagle Cam community watching every moment unfold,&#8221; the Facebook post read.<\/p>\n<p>F23 was first documented in the area during summer 2023 before officially bonding with M15 in October 2023. They raised and fledged their first offspring in spring 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two officially reside in the nest between the months of October and May.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWhere to watch the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam\u00a0                    <\/p>\n<p>The camera is <a href=\"https:\/\/dickpritchettrealestate.com\/southwest-florida-eagle-cam\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNLVsBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFQRHhUcXoyTlZLa1ZpcWF2AR6lrqtW8jbkNprXKJcihWluVnUN_aNTC-D5vxlpgR_skW2-hN4jCet0BBe43A_aem_hF9VcJAvL4SkHUGSCjNc2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" id=\"isPasted\">run by Dick Pritchett Real Estate<\/a> and lets viewers watch the birds 24\/7. You can watch live on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dickpritchettrealestate.com\/southwest-florida-eagle-cam\/?cam=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">official website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SouthwestFloridaEagleCam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">YouTube channel.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The livestream is made of four cameras, which are environmentally friendly, non-intrusive and positioned to offer the best view of the nest, capturing &#8220;nature in its true form.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>People can also go in person to visit the nest, but staff said the best viewing location is from your desktop at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a &#8220;symbol of resilience and renewal&#8221; after the mated pair lost both their eaglets to the bird&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-46136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}