Once you’ve spent any amount of time in Herons Glen, you’re likely to become familiar with the famous North Fort Myers bald eagle couple whose nest is located off Bayshore Road. You may likely become one of those who have enjoyed multiple seasons of observing the lives and habits of these wondrous creatures and are still enchanted by them.
From 2006 to 2014, the original celebrity bald eagle pair known as Ozzie and Harriet utilized a nest located about 60 feet up in a slash pine at the Dick Pritchett Real Estate property on Bayshore Road. Ozzie died in the fall of 2015 and Harriet took a new mate, M15 (Male 15). From 2015 to 2022, Harriet and M15 successfully raised at least one eaglet every season from their nest.
After eight seasons as a mated pair, Harriet left and never returned to the nest in February 2023. M15 stepped up and on his own successfully raised their young E21 and E22 (Eaglets 21 and 22) to fledge. The following season, M15 courted another female, F23 (Female 23), and they continued to use the same nesting site.
Bald eagles are known for their nest affinity and often reuse the same nest year after year. Even if one of a pair dies, as was the case with Ozzie, the existing partner (Harriet) often uses the “old” nest with a new partner (M15). Even when Hurricane Ian totally destroyed the nest, Ozzie and Harriet rebuilt it in the same location.
The Caloosahatchee River is only about a half mile from the nesting site, providing a key source of food for the adults and eventually their eaglets.
For the current 2025/26 season, F23 and M15 produced two eggs in November 2025. The first egg hatched in December 2025, yielding baby eaglet E26, but the second egg never did. Now, however, M15 and F23 are keeping busy caring for their newest offspring.
One of the things that makes this eagle nest special is that D.F. Pritchett Real Estate has for 14 years provided a live webcam view of the nest. There are four live feed cameras that provide different views of the nest and its residents, none of which disturb the eagles or make any sounds.
Fortunately, since M15 and F23 are using the same nest, the cameras continue to provide coverage of their nesting activities. Thousands of viewers are often online watching the pair. People can also stand outside a fence around the property, using their own cameras and phones to take pictures and videos of the nest and eagles.
With the website, we have been able to watch E26 hatch and to observe M15 and F23 feed and care for E26. It really is a remarkable look at the wonders of nature that surround us.
The website is available at https://www.dickpritchettrealestate.com/southwest-florida-eagle-cam/, or you can simply google North Fort Myers eagle cam. Using the website, you can watch M15 and F23 mind the nest and observe the interactions between the eaglet and parents.
We are delighted that M15 and his present mate have chosen to stay at the Bayshore nest so we can all follow their parenting activities and observe E26 as he/she grows and learns.
