Captiva Eagles 𓆩♡𓆪 Beautiful Lusa Has Passed Away At 61 Days Old 𓆩♡𓆪 2024.02.16

𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
It is with a heavy heart I pass on to you that our Sweet, Beautiful Lusa passed away early this morning with Cal by its side. Soar High and Free your pain is now gone. You will live on in our hearts forever ❤️
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠!

First Egg laid November 11, 2023 - Hatched December 17, 2023 - Named CE10 - Luca
Second Egg laid November 14, 2023 - Hatched December 20, 2023 - Named CE11 - Cal

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 & 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞
Connie is the Resident Female Eagle and has been around since 2009. The last estimate is that she will be 20 years old as of 2023.
Clive is the Resident Male Eagle and has been with Connie since 2021. Clive's age is unknown but based on his arrival in 2021 he would have to be at least 8 years old or older as of 2023.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞
The nest tree is on an Island called Captiva just off the coast of Fort Myers, Florida. On private property and not accessible to the public, it is approximately 75 feet off the ground and 6 feet wide in an Australian Pine Tree.
On September 28 2022 the original nest was destroyed by Hurricane Ian. A new nest was built by Window To Wildlife in the original nest tree. Connie and Clive returned to the new nest and made this their home once again

𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 (𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞)
Two eggs were laid this season but only 1 egg hatched on January 10, 2023. Named CE9 at hatched, CE9 was renamed Connick after Connor and Nick from Window Of Wildlife.
On April 4 2023 Connick fell off the nest. It was observed that Connick was losing flight feathers before the fall and most likely the cause of the fall. Connick was rescued by CROW and SCCF and eventually placed in the care of Audubon Center For Birds Of Prey in hopes of being released one day on Captiva Island once flight
feathers are grown back

𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐎𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤: Connick has been deemed unreleasable and will be moved to the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C in early of 2024.
Full Article Here:
https://cbop.audubon.org/news/patriot...

𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 (𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞)
Two eggs were laid this season but neither one hatched. Possibility of being infertile due to lack of mating time

𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
In 2009 a pair of eagles took over the nest on this property which used to be an Osprey Nest. In 2017 the property was sold and the new owners named the eagle pair Connie and Joe after her parents.

In 2018 Cams were installed for the owner's private viewing but wanting to share the Cam with everyone the owner decided to livestream it for Season 2020-2021. In partnership with AEF and Crow, this was made possible.
Season 2021-2022 brought change. The cams went live again but under the partnership with Window to Wildlife and CROW which is currently the same.

Connie and Joe had a total of 8 eaglets hatch since the new property owners purchased the property. As to how many eaglets Connie and Joe had prior is unknown to me.
Early in 2021, Joe got into a territorial battle and was injured in the battle, and shortly after disappeared. As to what became of him, we do not know.

2020-2021 - 2 Hatched - Named: Peace And Hope - Both passed away from Rodenticide poisoning.
Soar High and Be Free Our Precious Little Ones 💖

Before The Cam Was Live Streamed
2019-2022 - 2 Hatched - Named: Cap And Tiva - Both Fledged
2018-2019 - 2 Hatched - Named: Yo Yo And Ma - Ma Passed Away - Yo Yo Fledged
2017-2018 - 2 Hatched - Not Named - Both Fledged

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