White Bellied Sea Eagles SE15 Humanely Euthanized, Upper Mississippi River Eagles Forming The Nest Bowl

Sad news from the White-bellied Sea Eagle nest. SE15's condition continued to deteriorate and they felt that he would never recover. They humanely euthanized him. You can read the details and view a picture montage.

*Humane euthanization is the last act of kindness that we can show an animal that is suffering and has no quality of life left...

I forgot to post this yesterday. One of the Upper Mississippi River trio made me wonder when I brought up the cam and found this:

Eagles will lay in the nest to help form the nest bowl in preparation for laying eggs. An empty nest bowl was revealed when the Eagle left the nest. But this makes me feel like we may see the first egg soon...