{"id":502671,"date":"2026-03-04T06:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/502671\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T06:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:16:13","slug":"f23-cherished-southwest-florida-eagle-presumed-dead-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/502671\/","title":{"rendered":"F23, cherished Southwest Florida eagle, presumed dead | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A beloved eagle known as F23 is presumed to have passed away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SouthwestFloridaEagleCam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Southwest Florida Eagle Cam<\/a> announced the loss on social media. Reports indicate a deceased eagle was found less than two miles from F23&#8217;s nest, leading to the assumption of her passing.<\/p>\n<p>F23 was cherished for her eagerness to learn, devotion to her mate M, and care for her eaglets during her two and a half seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The loss serves as a reminder of nature&#8217;s beauty and harshness, yet the memories of F23&#8217;s journey remain cherished.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dickpritchettrealestate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SWFL Eagle Cam here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A beloved eagle known as F23 is presumed to have passed away. The Southwest Florida Eagle Cam announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[229028,229027,79,108,16645,201],"class_list":["post-502671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-cherish","tag-f23","tag-science","tag-social-media","tag-southwest-florida","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}