Watch the SWFL Eagle Cam live from Southwest Florida and follow beloved bald eagle pair M15 & F23 through nest building, egg-laying, hatch, and fledge. Below you’ll find the live stream, today’s highlights, season timeline, and FAQs to help you get the most from the cams.
Season Timeline
- Nestoration: late Oct–Nov — sticks, rails, soft grass & moss
- Egg window: early–mid Nov (watch for increased food deliveries & nest time)
- Hatch window: ~35 days after laying
- Fledge window: ~10–12 weeks after hatch
- Post-fledge: parental feeding & flight training near the nest
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Meet M15 & F23
- M15: Veteran provider & nest engineer; known for multiple fish deliveries/day in pre-lay.
- F23: First egg of 2024 laid Nov 8; 2025 Nov 12th; in pre-lay periods she often eats on the nest and increases time in the nest tree.
How to Watch (Cam Tips)
- Playback: Use the DVR bar to rewind ~12 hours.
- Audio: Wind can mask vocalizations; try the 4K cam for clearer sound.
- Behavior cues: Mantling over food, aerating, rolling eggs, “chortle” vocalizations.
- Tip: For the best audio of chortles and wingbeats, use the 4K cam.
- Local time: The nest operates on Eastern Time (ET).
Nest History & Notable Moments
- Stick engineering: Watch M15 test & wedge branches to raise rails.
- Food log: Tilapia, catfish heads, mullet—varies by season and water levels.
- Visitor notes: Loggerhead shrike, anhinga, and the occasional raven fly-by.
FAQs
Q: When do SWFL eagles usually lay eggs?
A: Typically early–mid November, with hatch roughly 35 days later.
Q: Why is F23 eating on the nest?
A: In pre-lay, females often conserve energy and stay close to the bowl, so on-nest feeding increases.
Q: How can I tell who’s on the nest?
A: F23 is larger with a rounder head; M15 shows a slightly slimmer frame and often arrives with sticks or fish.
Q: Do you intervene?
A: No. These cams document wild eagles for education and research; intervention is not part of this project.
Q: Best times to watch?
A: Sunrise and late afternoon for deliveries and nest work; overnight for incubation shifts.
Support & Alerts
- Get email alerts for eggs, hatches, & first flights
- spo-newsletter
- Support these cams & conservation: dickpritchettrealestate.com
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Community Discussions
Questions and topics started by viewers.
I think 🤔 she is in labor.. she goes to breathing really heavy where you can see it very clearly.. to total stillness and then back to heavy.
Sure looks like it.
Talon‘s crossed❤️
Hope we get egg #2
Yes please tonight 🙏🙏
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Remember last year, she disappeared for part of the day and then she’d come back lay in the nest in a few hours or so then she’d laid the egg
Mom looks hot.
Debbie she does.. the poor tree is not giving any shade 😢
Hi Tina. Honestly, when that last big branch fell, I didn’t think they would use this nest again. I just hoped the eagles would pick a tree on the Pritchett property and the cams relocated. Well, they showed me!
Hi 👋 Debbie I was heartbroken didn’t know if they’d use it either. I saw a YouTube video in the off-season showing it happened and I thought oh no this is not good. I wish they would’ve planted some bigger trees a while back so that we would know for sure that’s where they would stay. I know there’s a lot back by the church. Just not sure if they’d use those trees.
I imagine there are more trees on the property in the back. I once did a google earth flyover of the area but it has been so long I forgot what I saw!
That’s cool 😎 I am really missing the cam views we used to have where we could see somebody sitting up top or out on M‘s favorite branch peeking over to the nest😢
Not many branches left.
I know it’s sad. It’s starting to look like a Linus tree from Charlie Brown.😢 I wish they could’ve put some type of a support branch up there for them
I know but let’s just hope they raise 2 healthy kids. We need a second egg. It has been 3 days.
I’m almost 99.9% sure she’s gonna have another egg. We’re not gonna just have one.🥰
Right! I just don’t know when!
still one egg…is she working on another today 🤔
I keep watching and hoping.
hi Debbie, hopefully another today
I hope so too Deb.
Beautiful, touching picture Deborah. Thank you for sharing
sweet moment
Gorgeous picture 😍
thank you, I used Pic Monkey to enhance it
❤️❤️Beautiful