Thursday, January 27 - 9:45 AM Nest and eaglet OK

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Mary Lou and I arrived at the nest around 9:40 and watched for about 1 1/2 hours. When we got there the female was roosting in the tall roadside pine just east of the nest, and the male was on the top of the pine that hangs over the wires just to the west of the nest. They were quite alert. We heard the sound of someone/something moving in the woods under the nest. Both eagles flew up and circled the nest tree several times, finally roosting on the nest tree to the right and above the nest-- the male on the usual horizontal limb, and the female about 10 feet above him. The we saw the cause of the disturbance-- it turned out to be an authorized environmental scientist who was doing work for the SFWMD. There are new survey posts with red flags all along the fence line in front of the nest. Work was scheduled to begin soon on the resurfacing of Pines Boulevard and construction of a sidewalk in front of the nest, but I am not sure of the significance of either the survey or the environmental assessment.

I updated the Eagle Milestone Spreadsheet. See latest report HERE

Male roosting west of nest:



Female roosting in tree to the east:



Nest appears to be in good shape with head of one eaglet visible:



Male takes flight and circles nest:



Male briefly returns to top of original roost tree:



Female flies to upper branches of nest tree, looks down at nest:



Male (below) joins female on the horizontal limb above nest: