It’s nearly a certainty that E26 will be an only eaglet.
A second egg — laid Nov. 15 — is past the 40-day benchmark for a successful hatch and the hope for a “Christmas Miracle” has come and gone like so much holiday gift wrapping.
Breeding pair F23 and M15 can be seen on the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam as they continue to dutifully roll the egg. But it’s probable their ministrations will be for naught. They are also dutiful in their care and feeding of E26, which hatched Dec. 18.
Southwest Florida Eagle Cam co-founder Ginnie Pritchett McSpadden confirmed that the egg had officially passed the 40th day of incubation…