EGGS!! Nest Cam Round-up: NEFL and SWFL Nests Have Eggs, Nestorations at the Berry College Nest, and A Tree Falls On the White-bellied Sea Eagle Camera

We have eggs at the two Florida nests! The Northeast Florida (NEFL) nest had the first egg laid on 11/16 and the second egg was laid today, right on schedule. These pictures are right after the first egg was laid.

These pictures are right after the second egg was laid today.

And this is the scene at the nest tonight. This is the view from cam1, with Mom facing away from that cam:

And this is from cam2, it looks like the cams are pretty much opposite of each other:

Then a little later, Mom turned around. Cam1:

The Southwest Florida (SWFL) nest also has an egg, laid today! This is right after Mom laid the egg:


Dad arrived at the nest shortly afterward. He was announcing to the world that he had an egg!

And this is the scene tonight:

The Berry College residents are at the nest pretty regularly now as they do nestorations in preparation for eggs. The nest is starting to look good: guard rails, soft grass, and a nest bowl have been prepared. These two s'caps are from 11/6 (harsh light):

There was another visit later in the day.

Then I caught this visit on 11/10. I think this is Dad doing some stick work.

Then, finally, I caught them both at home on 11/14. Dad was doing nestorations and Mom was supervising.

The wind gave them funny hair-dos.

Dad tested the fit of the nest bowl.

Eventually, Mom flew away (she's inside the circle):

 

One of the cameras at the White-bellied Sea Eagle nest caught a tree coming down in a storm. (Not the nest tree!) They have kept their cams streaming even though the nest failed. It's pretty wild seeing this tree disintegrate on camera!