SWFL Eagles ~ F23 Flies In Vocal To Attic! Woody The Pileated Woodpecker & A Shrike Visit! 😊 9.18.24

The video opens with F23 flying in to the attic with vocals in the rain. She is looking around at something and keeps her eye on whatever it is she sees. Perhaps her vocals were calling for M15. The pond cam is not up yet, therefore we can't see what she was watching so intently.

F23 does not stay very long - she flies off and heads towards the NE. She may have been looking for M15 and flew off to find him.

Earlier before the rain started, there was a Loggerhead Shrike that came to the nest and laid down with it's wing open sunning itself and/or cooling off. it was a hot day in FL and birds do spread their wings to cool off.

In the morning, Woody the Pileated Woodpecker came to the nest tree outer branch. Very nice closeups by our cam operator following Woody around! First there is preening, then there is hunting for insects on the tree limbs. Woody also goes to the branches around the bent arch before flying off.

From AllaboutBirds "The Pileated Woodpecker is one of the biggest, most striking forest birds on the continent. It’s nearly the size of a crow, black with bold white stripes down the neck and a flaming-red crest. Look (and listen) for Pileated Woodpeckers whacking at dead trees and fallen logs in search of their main prey, carpenter ants, leaving unique rectangular holes in the wood. The nest holes these birds make offer crucial shelter to many species including swifts, owls, ducks, bats, and pine martens."

For more information on the Pileated Woodpecker: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/P...

For more information on the Loggerhead Shrike : https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/L...

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Opening - F23 flies to attic vocal and watchful
03:50 Closeups of F23
04:24 F23 flies off towards NE
05:20 Cam op panning for F23 - pond oak
06:21 Searching the church tree
07:00 Looking at power poles
07:50 Loggerhead Shrike on nest
08:20 Shrike sunning itself
09:40 Pileated Woodpecker on outer branch
11:20 Woodpecker looking for insects/ants
13:13 Woodpecker on sides of bent arch and under
14:43 Woody flies off

Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk

Thank you SWFEC , hosted by Dick Pritchett Real Estate, for allowing us the opportunity to view these amazing eagles.
#southwestfloridaeaglecam

Thank you SWFEC, hosted by Dick Pritchett Real Estate, for allowing us the opportunity to view these amazing eagles.

Cam 1: https://dickpritchettrealestate.com/s...

Cam 2: https://dickpritchettrealestate.com/s...

SWFEC main webpage: https://dickpritchettrealestate.com/