Brrrrrrr what a cold morning here in North Fort Myers!

I get at the nest my normal o-dark thirty with the time change I didn't have to wait long for it to get  lighter out and Harriet to call in another day. I get out of my truck and get my things set up. Dona arrives and we greet Ozzie and Harriet. Ozzie from the left outer branch (as we look at the tree) flies around the tree and goes into the nest. Harriet is still up on the same branch Ozzie just left.
Ozzie does his normal checking and moving of things then heads to the right pond tree for a branch if he can find one.That tree is soooo  picked clean. He does get a small stick and returns to the nest. Ozzie leaves and  heads off towards the river, Harriet drops down into the nest. Harriet doesn't stay long either. Just as Dona put down her camera, Harriet flies right over us and off in the same direction as Ozzie. Dona was not to happy with Harriet to say the least .LOL
We sit there talking and Desiree arrives. She just missed them.  Jeff (Trip J) arrives... I would say ...about an hr later you hear Harriet just a squeeeing from the left of us and here the comes Ozzie with a small fish for Harriet and she is right behind him. Ozzie barely gets his wings folded up when in comes Harriet and takes the fish from him. LOL Love watching the two of them. Not really sure if they shared the fish ...but my guess is NOT!  Harriet done with her breakfish goes to the porch branch and feaks her beak, while Ozzie is still sitting in the nest. Ozzie then leaves the nest tree and heads for one of the short full tree's by the pond and lands on the lowest branch. This is the second time I have seen him do this.

  Ozzie is looking for a branch from this tree doesn't see one he likes on the left side so he drops down on the ground and is looking around. He see's what he is looking for on the right side of this tree.. flies up  and he finds him a big one. Ozzie hops up, grabs the branch bends it down  until it snaps off and drops down to the ground to get a better grip on it.

Ozzie gets the branch just right in his talons ,and heads off for the nest. Dona and I were talking about how Ozzie hasn't been no slouch in the size of branches this year. They are huge. Maybe he is building the rail up for 3 babies this year ???? LOL 

The  placement of this branch takes a bit for Ozzie to get just where he wants it. Now I'm  not forgetting about Harriet ,today she is doing her part by getting pine and some moss for the nest bowl. From what I saw, Ozzie even let her check out the nest bowl more today without bothering her than I have seen in the past. Hmmm

Ozzie  with the branch from the full tree by the pond

Harriet and her moss/stick

   Harriet satisfied with the placement of her stick/moss , heads for the left  pond tree. She no more then get's settled in when here comes Ozzie and lands right on top of her and we have mating.... Boy oh boy I'm telling you what. That sure was a sneak attack. There was no chatter about it at all...LOL  There  was 6 seconds from photo of Harriet landing , to the photo of Ozzie landing on her. No stopping on the branch or anything. Ozzie must have been tired of being knocked off a couple of times.

Harriet just landing 

BAMB! Ozzie  on top of Harriet ...LOL

 Ozzie   done with his wam-bam thank you Mam flies down to the ground by the horse's and found something to eat. Flies up to the right pond tree to eat it. Not sure but he might have dropped it and goes back down to the ground and is joined by Harriet this time . Both of them are looking around. Harriet finds the piece Ozzie dropped and takes it to the other side of the tree...LOL     Poor  Ozzie.

Ozzie--- The Dive Bomber 

The scuffle for the food

"Dam she got my food again!" 

Harriet is eating then out of the corner of my eye ,I see Ozzie coming from around the tree.. lol Harriet picks up the piece of food and takes off with Ozzie right behind her for a bit. He gives up and goes to the left pond tree.Harriet heads to the front pine tree to finish eating.

Harriet headed to front pine tree

Ozzie feaks his beak a bit then flies down to the ground to a huge branch.

 Ozzie flies to the right pond tree to adjust his grip on the branch then heads off to the nest tree with his find. This one .... Ozzie has to come around the trees in the front then up into the nest tree. Amazing how they know they have to do that so they don't get hurt or lose the branch. 

There's more stick getting and pine getting by both of them. Ozzie leaves headed east for the day. Harriet heads out after a bit.... circles over us for a bit then heads out past the back of the church. 

I must say , Ozzie and Harriet sure did give me a great send off.  They stayed , they worked , beak-bonked, mated and showed me what nature is all about. I will miss my time with them at the nest but I will be watching for awhile on the cam . Hopefully the eggs will be here soon to help me get thru the time I have to stay home. 

I want to Thank everyone that has been reading my blog . I so enjoyed sharing my time with you. I'm not done just on a down time for now. I will be at it again here really soon. Thank You again!

OMG where do I even being today's blog! What and exciting day.
It started off very clam and quiet. Ozzie and Harriet mated in the front pine tree. Ozzie brought in some grass and a small stick compared to his normal huge branch. Ozzie heads out across the road and doesn't come back then Harriet leaves headed towards Bob's place. Ozzie comes back about an hr later Harriet is still gone , then he heads off towards Bob's also . Maybe 45 mins later here comes Ozzie followed by Harriet . Ozzie has a small piece of food for Harriet. She eats while Ozzie moves some sticks around. Harriet done eating hops on to the porch branch and feaks her beak. Ozzie is just sitting in the nest when all of a sudden I see another Eagle headed into the pasture and Ozzie & Harriet are just vocalizing. It's a Juvie about 3-4 yrs old. It fly's around the nest tree, starts to land on the upper right branches of the nest ,then takes off again. Fly's around the nest tree again , lands on the outer left part of the attic branch . All this time O&H are sounding off . Both have their eyes on this Juvie.
Ozzie and Harriet are just vocalizing and this Juvie is sitting there , looking around. Then the Juvie starts to spreads it's wings and then Ozzie is on the move . I didn't know which one to get pics of now. Ozzie goes up in the nest tree as the Juvie is coming down into the nest. OMG bad move on the Juvie's part. My Heart is just racing and I'm trying to get both in the photo. Harriet is still on the porch branch vocalizing.  Ozzie comes down into the nest and knocks the Juvie out of the nest and Harriet is off the porch branch headed into the nest as Ozzie and the Juvie go tumbling over the right side of the nest . Again my heart is just racing. They come around the nest... in between the front pine trees  and the nest tree. Ozzie dives down with legs extended, talons out , the Juvie had turned upside down with talons up. They lock briefly , then Juvie gets away from Ozzie . Ozzie chases it again around the cam 2 tree then Ozzie lands on cam 2 tree and the Juvie fly's right over Ozzie as it heads to the west. Ozzie after about 2 mins fly's to the west pasture tree line and checks a few trees to make sure the Juvie has left the area and  keeps flying north west out of the area. Harriet by this time has gone up to the branch above the attic branch. She was steady watching and looking around.Harriet is still very much on guard.  
Harriet starts vocalizing again. Oh boy here we go again but this time it's an Adult Eagle! It came from the south west flew across the nest area, banked to the left and headed north towards Bob's and  out of the area. Holy Crap-Oly!!! What a morning.
After all that I get a chance to look at my photo's . Sorry to say I did not get a photo of Ozzie and the Juvie locking talons.Yes, I'm still kicking myself for that (as I hang my head low in shame). I lost them as they were flying low.
I left Harriet still in the nest tree and went home. I'm still in awe of how well Ozzie defended his mate, his home and his domain from an other Eagle. Some thing I will never forget. Our Ozzie . what an AWESOME Eagle he is! And our Beautiful Harriet right there with her Man ready to help protect  their home. No one should very doubt Ozzie's ability to take care of what it his.

The Juvie as it leaves the upper branches 

Juvie 3-4 maybe not older than that 

Ozzie and Harriet sounding the alarm

Juvie 3-4 ...what some may call " a dirty bird " look because of all the white and brown on it and the beak hasn't turned completely yellow. You can still see some black on it's beak.  

Juvie getting ready to fly down into the nest.... Bad move!

 

See Ozzie on the right ,getting ready to fly up

Juvie on left  headed down into the nest ,Ozzie top right

Juvie in the  nest ,Ozzie coming down and Harriet in the lower right corner 

Ozzie knocking the Juvie out of  the nest and Harriet going in the nest

Hard to see.... I'm on the wrong side of the nest ,but Ozzie and the Juvie off the side of the nest. Harriet going in the nest.

 this was just before the Juvie turned upside down and they locked talons briefly  

The Juvie flying over Ozzie 

                                                                  Ozzie watching the Juvie to make sure it leaves

Harriet

The other Adult that flew by.

The other Adult ....