SWFL Eagles ~ Harriet Brings A Cat To Nest! Not A Stuffy! Warning Viewer Discretion Advised 2.15.21
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- Viewer discretion advised - footage may be upsetting to some sensitive viewers.
Harriet flies in to the nest with roadkill cat (head and foot). She most likely picked it up from the side of the road after the cat had an unfortunate run in with a car and brought it to the nest as prey for the E's. Eagles are opportunistic hunters - nothing is wasted in nature. It may be difficult to see the cat head on the nest and some viewers may want to limit their watching until it is disposed of one way or another. Poor kitty :( Thank you for watching!
Thank you SWFEC , hosted by Dick Pritchett Real Estate, for allowing us the opportunity to view these amazing eagles.
Link to cam: dickpritchettrealestate.com/
One of dangers of letting cats run wild, they kill song birds and small rodents; and sometimes become roadkill or a larger predator’s dinner.
That’s life
And yet there are still some stupid vegans and animal activists who said that people shouldn't own cats and dogs and they're better off being released in the wild.
I think the rodent thing is one of the things everyone likes them for
@@darkemperortheobscureone694 lol
Yes, there are lots of dangers in the world.
Thank you cat for your sacrifice to feed these legendary birds 🫡
I love cats, I love Bald Eagles, and I love nature. This might be tough for some people to watch, but it's just how it all works.
A huge delima loving birds and cats it's like a conflict of interests ...
@@thetruthk5138 but a huge cow can be butchered and nobody says a thing. Who cares if a tiny cat dies
@@FernandoLopez-ji7wq Not in my world my friend I am a Vegan
@@FernandoLopez-ji7wq I don’t know where cows are pets but go off
@@impulse4079 plenty of people have cows as pets. Plus show this to an Australian and they'll love it. Cats are a huge problem down under.
One thing is for sure, this ain't no damn click bait ! This is the real deal holy field.
Eagle was like Tyson
😢Im sad for the cat, especially if it was someone’s pet. This why they tell you to keep you cats inside or on a harness and leash just like your dogs. I’ve loved watching this pair raise their chicks. One time they had brought a whole fish to the nest that was still doing so flopping. The eagles need to eat and to feed their young. This all comes back to circle of life and the survival of the fittest. The cat eats the much smaller vermin and lizards who munch on all kinds of insects. And just think eagles and ospreys along with other hunting birds can help to keep down the ever growing feral cat problem.
No, I’m not being cruel, I love cats and have had many growing up with most of them being inside/ outside pets. Most times they came home ,but sometimes the did not.
Nope it’s not click bait . They come back every year to this spot to raise their chicks. You should subscribe and start watching in December or January, It is amazing watching the chicks hatch and grow.
Real deal holy field phrase never gets old
Discovery Channel don't play, man!
Please be kind in your comments posted and comments to one another. Remember we are just observers to this live webcam and to all the events that transpire on it. This is a wild bald eagle nest and there has been a variety of prey brought in both live and dead. The cat probably was killed instantly on the road and did not suffer. The eagles and other wildlife put themselves at risk in taking if off the road. The eagles are apex predators at the top of the food-chain and although this is a sensitive and unique event with a domesticated cat being brought in as prey - to the eagles it is all about survival. It is our human emotions that makes it difficult to watch since many are cat owners and lovers. Take care and thank you for your understanding. Hateful, inappropriate or rude comments will be deleted.
Very well said Lady Hawk..i love you and all Bald Eagles and Cats im with Lady Hawk 100%...
For all we know it was a feral cat. I don’t see a collar....Elton John sang it best, ‘Circle of Life’. Thank you, Lady Hawk, for everything. Your zoomed in shots keep me watching!!!!
Thank you Ladyhawk for your post. I am 💔, and would be equally so if I saw a cat - feral or domesticated - with an eagle head. I so appreciate your tenderness with people as well as eagles and, I image, all living beings.. ❤️
Perfect comment Lady Hawk...especially the risk the eagles take to gather their food from the roadways. I hate that they and other birds of prey do that, putting their lives at such great risk.
The eagles near me lost the papa eagle when he went to get roadkill. He was hit by a car. :( A lady called 911 held him until he died. And just like that, he was sent to the rendering place in Colorado. Then Native Americans can bid on the parts. It's sad but it is the Circle of Life!
This was exactly why when my 8lbs dog needed to go outside, I was always looking to the sky and was atleast 2-3 feet from him at all times
I hope the eagle will by qicker than you
@@dukeoflakeshore5805 wow
Are you always such a douche?
@@dukeoflakeshore5805 Dude you are so edgy! Can we hang out?
@@janineparker3041 I use it every day!
Next time don't get such a useless dog
I understand the sad reactions of many, but it should not be forgotten that raptors, like eagles here, help to avoid disease by eliminating already dead animals.
Well said!!
Chick is like, “aw, cat head again? I’m so sick of that”
You think the chick was upset, the poor family running the Chinese market down the street just lost someone's dinner
Ive heard of cat head biscuits but this is ridiculous !!
So funny, what are you, dumb?
Cats eat birds, birds eat cat. It’s the circle of life
And i like it
Looks like a roadkill. Only part of the body. Just watch live right now and still there. Feel bad for everyone that loves cats, but when your cats brings you little birds, bunnies or mouse to eat, it's the same.
It was a roadkill... Dear beloved cat, also for you, there is life after life. (Raymond Moody)
If mouse, if rat, if squirrel, if rabbit, if cat, if fish, if bird.... where is the difference? In our understanding.
Good Harriet brought in a prey. M15 looked concerned, like:
"I cannot eat it when so much people look at me."
@@elias3506 Cats are not native species. They’re environmental disasters to the native population of prey and predator species. Now I love cats, but when I see a feral one, it goes to a shelter. Cats don’t belong outside. Things like this happen way to often. Just follow a vet on instagram and you’ll see just how often cats come in dead on arrival like this. It’s heartbreaking, but we can stop the mass extinctions and heart crushing deaths if we just kept our kitty inside.
@@squishyparrotlets kitty cats, I love them very much.
Castrated cats can prevent suffering.
Weird (God´s) world. It´s not easy.
@@squishyparrotlets Well said. Why can't others have half your level of respect and reasoning?
Appears to be only the head. The cat must have died instantly with its eyes still open.
*shows this to my cat every time she tries to dash out the the door*
Nature's clean-up crew.
Nature's clean up crew.
Harriet didn’t find the cat already dead, Harriet killed the cat.
Nahhh the Eagle DEFINITELY didnt behead the cat buddy! Wtf lmao
You're thinking of vultures
Awwww...poor kitty, but he/she did help feed our Es. Thank you, Lady Hawk for the viewer discretion.
here in central NY near Springfield Center a librarian told me that NYS Conservation guys went up to a eagles nest to see what was in. it they found 33 cat collars. go eagles go
@@raymondtonns2521 I mean, I still think the cats are winning over the eagles. Cats can kill a lot.
@@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621 Cats have zero chance against an eagle.
@@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621Sounds like you're trying to make this into a competition. Cats kill too much and harm the ecosystem, they shouldn't be "winning"
I live in SW FLA and have a small lake at the back of my house. I am constantly amazed (horrified!!) that people let their cats and small dogs wander around alone because of the ever present alligators and of course, traffic. I love cats and have had them all my life. So sad to think that this pretty kitty was killed but loving nature as well, have to appreciate that M & H take advantage of every opportunity to provide for their sweet family 💓🦅💓🦅💓
Let you cat play hunting games, you cat will win hunted prizes.
My suburbian neighborhood in Pacific Northwest is full of eagles, hawks, & coyotes. Transplant neighbors with cats fur babies are constantly posting lost cat signs.
Only if the eagles & hawks could leave a note on the signs.. ”Thanks for plumping him/her at night with rabits & birds. He/She was Yummy, please send more.”
Also the damage they cause to wildlife...birds kill several billion (yes, billion with a b) birds every year.
Eagles are mostly scavengers. It's gross, but if you watch the video, it's only a small piece of the cat's body the eagle brought back. The head/neck and part of the leg attached. Cats are too large for an eagle to carry. An eagle can only carry about half its body weight and they only way at the largest 14 lbs. The average housecat is around 10lbs.
Very unlikely the eagle hunted and killed the cat. Most likely it was dead on a road somewhere. The eagle comes down and fights off the crows/buzzards and brings back whatever is left.
@@LC-wv7tz Absolutely, probably road kill. It is my understanding that these eagles can fly easily with prey heavier than themselves. The problem is that if the first attack is deadly cats will put up one heck of a fight.
I taught my cat, Kitty, the word HAWK!! And he knew it meant RUN! 14 years later, we still enjoy our leashed trained outdoor time.
how pls cuz my cats tiny asf and kinda dumb i want her to play outside sometimes but it’s colorado. i wanna teach her hawk, eagle, moose, landlord, all things to run and hide from
@@skyd2929 Not all is lost. First, cats, *including yours,* are never dumb. She is not even kinda; everything she is doing or not is intentional. *Still want to work on training her?* How old is she? How long have you been together, and how is your relationship? Are there others in your household (dogs, birds, fish, and humans included)?
_Has she ever worn a harness or a leash before?_
And finally, what do you feed her?
What about the word Eagle since that's bald Eagle?
@@misslucky22 I'm guessing because he was telling how "he trained his cat" about, wait for it.🤔........... Hawks....I'm just going off of common sense though so🤷🏼♂️
@@skyd2929 i love how you added 'landlord'
Poor kitty, so sad. At least the deceased body didn't go to waste.
Yes, death is sad. Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, and dust to dust. All of us will go into feeding something else after we die. Even if we are cremated our ashes will will serve other life forms.
It’s not sad at all. Cats kill BILLIONS of birds every year. It’s so satisfying to see one get what it deserves. Turns out they’re called pussies because they only go after birds that won’t fight back 😂
Poor kitty? Tell this an Australia. Cats kills every year more than a billion birds. Really so sad? Are you nuts? Cats are most destructive creatures for other smaller animals. You should be happy, not sad.
That is just amazingly awesome. My mother wouldn't agree that I love watching nature in the way they hunt. I was going to work one night it was 11:00 p.m. when I saw a rabbit hopping across the street and next thing you know it got snatched up by an owl that was the most amazing thing I ever saw and I will never forget it
RIP poor Kitty! I love kitties. I have one myself. I held her very tight. Thank you Lady Hawk.
Lmao a video made you afraid for your pussy 😂
That’s an eagle
This was really sad for me because it’s eyes were open and it looks just like a. Stray cat I take care of. God bless his soul 😔
:( it was sad to see that!!
There's a stray cat in my building that's lived here for at least 6 years. We all love that cat but if it had to go I'd prefer a bald eagle to a car bumper any day of the week. Those eagles fly off with cats like Jeepers Creepers flew off with Darry and their talons get it out the way in a hurry. But that car bumper makes them flop around in agony for a while and it's really painful to watch.
A few years ago I saw one of my strays lying dead in the driveway of a moving company. I could see the marks from its blood and saliva and it's... Other body parts... on the pavement from where it flopped all over the place. It made me feel really bad because I really like cats... Especially the stray ones because they actually choose you as their friend.
Too bad a large raptor didn't fly away with it and feed it to its young.
Good thing cats have no soul!
@@danielsiapin there's no such thing as a soul.
@@meandyou2046 ha i love it. Then explain feelings, nostalgia, etc. It's already been proven they aren't from the brain. Being moved by a great song lies deep in the nefesh, what has been understood for thousands of years by all cultures....as the soul.
You actually don't have to, don't waste your time. You'll still be wrong.
Thank you for the warning.
M15 to Harriet: "The kids wanted a catfish, not a cat!" Then M15 went fishing for the kids mid-afternoon snack 🐟
😆 😆 😂😅😀
Not funny! Not funny at all!
@@pennywinstanley7975 It was true. M15 did go out and get a fish after seeing the cat. By the way, I don't like seeing the cat head as the pic for the video. I would have preferred it blurred out.
Aw 😅🦅
Mabe mum wanted them to try chinese menu for a change
Mother Nature is tough...R.I.P. Kitty :(
Food chain....
@@lisabates8982 @motherofthedrummers If it's roadkill, it's not necessarily MotherNature, but Man.
Careless humans behind the steering wheel of moving and often speeding vehicles are brutal. Nature is natural imo.
@@kmsbanr nothing careless about it. I hit that cat with percision.
Thank you for the warning. I’m a cat lover but also Love watching these eagles. Sometimes it’s hard to mentally comprehend the food chain, but I watched with one eye shut. 😁
I lofe cats too but fascinating to watch nature do its thing for sure.
Train your pets, *cats* and dogs (Yes, it is possible to train cats.) as young as possible. Use a short word with (here is the key) *as FEW vowels as you can*, i.e., hawK, not eagle, and include a hard consonant sound.
All birds of prey screech. All you need is one word for all.
Which is why you would be at the bottom of this were a different time 😂
@@RA-zq1xe - I am not sure if I understand your reference to being "at the bottom of this if it were a different time." If you're referring to the Food Chain - that is a *H U G E* conversation that usually ends up with me getting death threats.
@@OfficialMyxomatosis I think he's referring to the top comment to which we are all replying underneath of. The OP says it's hard to comprehend sometimes, so I think he took it as a sign of weakness.
It is nature I do not blame the eagles As you said nothing goes to waste
Thank You...
I definitely don't think anyone is blaming the eagles. ANY prey is fair game but the fact it was a CAT ..most likely someone's PET makes it a bit more difficult to stomach. 😕
At least it didn’t have a collar on it. There are so many strays out there...it’s unreal. I agree, probably road kill, but to the eagles, just another meal
@@onlytymewilltell I have no sympathy for people who own outdoor cats
@@cringememes1044 nobody cares about your sympathy lol. who tf are you?
So sad for the kitty but I’m thankful that Mother Nature is so resourceful. She never lets anything or anyone go to waste. We are all food for each other in the end. I would only hope to be as nourishing for another being.
@Artifying Well I don't plan to be a meal for any creature not even a shark. That's why when I'm at the Jersey shore I stay in the boardwalk.
If they eat me after I expire due to natural causes then fine
Mother natures flies will love your rotting corpse, so beautiful isn’t it!?!?
@@markstein2461worms will eat your dead body on the ground
This is one reason I try to read the text of video before watching if there could be questionable content. I will skip the “feeding” video with kitty’s head and prepare myself for upcoming videos & live streaming. Thank you @ Lady Hawk for the warning. (Of note, I’ve witnessed this before but now choose if or when to watch. Since the cat was most likely killed by a car it brings some peace of mind knowing he/she will help Eaglets grow stronger. Otherwise his/her body would go into the Earth feeding other species who are food for larger beings the Eagles prey on. It’s the whole ‘circle of life’ thing.)
Tf..all that just to say you're easily nauseated by nature...
I hate cats so I was happy to see it dead
@@nunyabisinesse1620 😆
When a species starts growing animals of there own just to slaughter and eat I think the circle of life has gone out the window lmao. More like the circle we choose to create.
It brings peace that the cat was killed by a car rather than killed by the eagle? Haha ok.
A couple of nights ago my wife and we’re driving through our neighborhood at night. We came to an an intersection and there was a great horned owl sitting on the street sign at an intersection. We stopped and watched it. After a minute, it flew to the right flying low. I turned right and about three houses down the owl flew in from of we with a rabbit squealing loudly in its talons.
wow, I have never seen this situation before, rare video caught on camera. interesting to see thanks for sharing
Yikes!! I love cats. But I’m glad they’re keeping the roads cleaned up. Just be careful not to become roadkill yourselves!! 😢
Thanks for the warning & update LH ❤🦅
I couldn't watch it , but relieved the cats body has not died in vain & gives sustenance to the Eagle family ❤🐱♏🏴🦅
ommm
Wow! Roadkill kitty Kat. They manage to bring it to the E's but did not eat it. I'm amazed at their food menu. I've seen it all! TY Lady Hawk. I'm like, wow! I'm speechless 😶
My old cat I grew up with was a lifelong outdoor cat. He would always come home with birds. He would be gone for days sometimes, but always came back. I loved that cat. Had to give it up to my sister when I lost my housing and then he left one day and never came back. Either the wilderness got him finally, or he was sick of my sister.
I have two new kitties now, both girls. They are strictly indoor cats, but I take them on leashed walks sometimes.
I wouldn't be able to handle this if this was my cat. Imagine stumbling upon this video after it has gone missing.
Not nearly as disturbing as the things your cat has done if you let it go outside, they’re a disaster for small wild animals and don’t belong out there, responsible pet owners keep them inside or on a leash on your backyard with a shock collar or something so they don’t leave that area.
@@mrxxsesshomaruxx9642 Even then, they can still kill birds, snakes, moles, etc.
Lol! Car, or being shot or poisoned, yes. Circle of life, cool.
Cats do this to smaller creatures, just shows that there is always a bigger fish.
At one point, cats were number one predator of baby rabbits still in the nest.
Yup. Cats are one of nature’s most destructive animals, mostly because we set them lose. Good riddance
@Vero Tabares Ironically it’s our own human race destructing everything to fuckeries. Don’t blame animals for our shitty mistakes.
@@taniavankemp4394 Humans cross bred animals and changed how they live. So, you're both right.
This might have been a feral cat but this is the reason you should never let your kitties or small dogs be outside alone. A yorkie was on a leash being walked and an owl swooped down and tried to get it from the owner and they were almost into their house. Feral cats exist because people dump kitties outside and they manage to live and reproduce. I live in the country and I have a horse barn and that attracts feral cats. There was people in the area who let the cats live on their farms and reproduce like rabbits. A large group moved onto my property because of the barn, then my husband was dying from cancer and he was sneak feeding the cats and they were having kittens like crazy. After he died I borrowed live traps and trapped them all, I took them to a place who was doing reduced cost spay and neuter. I got them all fixed and got them shots and brought them back to my place and released them, we fed them and they lived 16 years and gradually died off. But no more kittens. This deep freeze now has just killed the last two. We take care of the bodies so the eagles don’t eat them. Looks like that was hard work carrying a body that heavy and flying with it, she is breathing really hard.
I lived on the Olympic peninsula where cats disappeared all the time. When an old-growth tree fell down with a nest in it that nest had a couple of dozen collars in it according to the neighbors who saw it
Imagine if there was something that carried away people like this.
For some people it would be a godsend.
Harpy eagle could take a baby or toddler.
Believe it or not but at one point there was. Haast's eagle it lived in New Zealand but thankfully now extinct.
Let's pray they event something that takes the Democrat Politicans away dropping them behind a prison wall. Let's start with Biden & Pelosi
There probably was but we made sure to eliminate those threats
I know eagles and birds of prey may catch cats. A friend saw a hawk get a full grown cat. Years ago two red tail hawks were in my open carport. When I opened my kitchen door , I could see one was on a folded lawn chair. I could hear my kitten's meowing behind the freezer. In seconds another flew in front of my face. It was an amazing site to see one so close eye to eye. I will never forget it. I thought someone was trying to steal something from the carport when I first heard the commotion. Needless to say, I kept my kitten inside till he got bigger.
On a folded chair, o my, that hawk beloved you were intentionally hospitable, lol. I'm glad you put your kitten indoors until it hopefully became large enough to possibly fend for itself🙂, except from cars, large predators or unexpected mishaps. I wish you and your animal/s health and long lives🤩
Thank you Lady Hawk.
My kitty Kat brought me a bird 3 weeks ago and I was saddened. I had to bury it quickly. So she has to stay in door now. This cat was road kill. Harriet or M15 did not kill it. They were just bringing lunch/dinner to feed their babies. It was sad to see though. 😞
I've seen two or three videos over the years where an eagle has swooped down and snatched a live cat, it's just food to them. Also a cat lover here 🐱💝. Mine never go out unless it's in a sheltered porch.
have you links. an adult cat would be more than a match for an eagle. theres plenty of footage of what cats are capable of when angry. this was probably road kill
I can never understand why people just let their cats outside to wander free all day. There's so many dangers. Cars, dogs, evil humans. I love my cat too much to risk it.
@A G big difference between kittens and a adult cat.
@A G You shouldn't have a cat if you think that way about them tbh. My cats box is in the laundry room and it has zero scent because I clean it often for her. I could never just think, WELP my cat got brutally run over or mauled by a dog or eaten by a coyote, lemme just go out and replace her for $20. Also, get your cat spayed ffs if youre going to get female cats and let them roam outside. There's so, so many cats in shelters because of that. Smh people like you are the worst. I hope you're trolling with that comment and not being serious because just, WOW.
@A G Yes.. I read all that the first time.
Sometimes the cat will get the bird...
... and sometimes the bird gets the cat.
Poor fluffy, but at least they're all fed!
This is why I don't leave my small dogs out unsupervised. I let them out the same time every day and started to notice a hawk sitting on top of the neighbors roof around that time every day, I switched their schedule up and after a week or so the bird stopped coming around. Every now and then it pops up but not as frequent as bedore...
Shoot it
That was smart of you. Hope your pup stays safe.
Keep in mind that this cat looks like it could've been accidental roadkill and an eagle just snatched the head and what remained of the back/legs.
🙈🙈🙈 oh my don’t think I can watch! What a season I was not expecting this...
I mean.... I love my cats, definitely hugging them extra after watching this but still.... it's nature. I get it.
They both look like kings up there on the throne overlooking their minions w/ a great picturesque view of all that they rule.
Wow I didn't expect this to be so difficult to watch... thanks for the post though
A life is a life, no matter if it’s a cat, cow, chick, human. Unfortunately I understand, but I think we shouldn't have A and B rated animals. They don't make these distinctions, we always have to learn and these cams serve that too.
Thank you! :)
Well said!👏👏
The cat is dead, roadkill, so it was hit by a car, or in other words, by humans! The eagles don’t distinguish between cat or rabbit or fish! I see it this way and I‘m saying this as a cat owner and a cat lover: since the cat has died (struck by a car) at least it’s food for some other animals! Please think about our factory farms, the way those animals have to suffer to be our food......this is even worse! And being food for the eagles is kind of the same as people who donor their lungs or heart or liver or other organs once dead, so they can give somebody else a new life!! We all (or most of us) appreciate such organ donors! Sure I’m happy it is not my cat, this is why I keep my cats in the house......I certainly feel with the owner of the cat because I personally know how it hurts to ‘lose’ a cat!! But it is definitely not the eagles fault, and neither Lady Hawk’s fault showing this video! Everybody is free to watch or not......
@beatricecallan well said!
@@camarogirl1369 Thank you
Hi Beatrice, I understand and admire - even envy - what you've posted, it demonstrates wonderful rationale and broad perspective. My belief that human-created *animal farms brutally objectifies the practice of breeding-animals-for-human consumption, when there are clear alternatives. We - humans - have a remarkable and tragic capacity to objectify, thereby eradicating the value, of our fellow creatures.
*animal farms: yep, it's an intentional literary double entendre; also I find myself thinking about Shirley Jackson's story "The Lottery."
Thank you for your post👍
@@melindamasi3505 Thank you so much for your beautiful reply!! I agree 100%
I agree completely. There are/were some societies that intentionally put their dead out for the bodies to be “ritually” scavenged by nature. It might seem strange to most today, but to me it completely makes sense in regards to life’s cycle.
I couldn’t watch but I felt some sort of relief reading Lady Hawk comment box - oh man, life is hard
I feel so sad for the beautiful kitty, so sad..made me cry inside..such a beautiful healthy happy kitty it was..But, I felt immense joy at watching the Beautiful Healthy Balded Eagle parents thrive in the wild with their offspring. The one parent, staying with & watching the babies in the nest, you can see that one and one of the babies become alert to the other parent, I assume the Father return to provide for his family. It made me happy to see that, even though, at the same time the sadness for the beautiful kitty cat...the way nature is. I wish they all were able to eat without killing, but it is this way for very very long time.
Nothing goes to waste in the wild 🦅
Hello Diane how are you doing today.
@Critical Strike Forge lol right
@@criticalstrikeforge471 I have no idea how STILL nobody thinks we are " going to war"‐ BITXH WE ARE AT WAR!!!!
@Critical Strike Forge About to be? Nah. If an asteroid doesn’t make contact, the sun will scorch the surface when it inevitably becomes a Red Giant - if it doesn’t devour us. There will be no evidence of who were were or what lived before us.
But That’s billions of years away from now. Comforting, yes?
Take your meds “Dr.” Pyssinhsishshs
Cats hunt birds too
Exactly. Cats kill many birds. And some people have fish for pets, but no uproar when eagles eat fish. Fortunately, pets in the nest is a very rare occurrence. We prefer Stuffy the Squirrel.
Cats are why many birds are on decline
Yep shoes on the other foot
Cats kill millions of birds every year.
Good point.
Poor cat ☹️, so sad, it is good at least that it will feed the E’s as others have said but it’s still so sad, as others have said thank you for the viewer discretion Lady Hawk! 😊
It is very sad and disturbing to see this cat on the nest. Looks to be a young one too. Certainly not the type of prey we want to see!!
@@ladyhawk yeah 😔
Me at 645 am: oh I need to see this
Me at 650am: why the hell did I watch this?! *Hugs cat*
Poor kitty! One thing though, it's death was not in vain and was a food source here. I couldn't watch...love cats.
Was road kill. Not the whole cat. Eagles can only fly with 1/3 of their weight, which is about 3 or 4 lbs max.
I couldn't watch either.
@@savedby_faith That is good to know; I'm assuming they cannot fly away with a full grown cat. Wild animals eat a better diet anyway; most cats eat low quality factory made food made mainly from grain and fillers.
@@jeanninegodwin2285 An Eagle can fly away with a small child. It's sad but true. 🐱♏🏴🦅
I couldn't watch it either , glad Lady Hawk gives a warning 🐱♏🏴🦅
I’m pretty sure that was roadkill. It’s in pretty bad shape, she wasn’t gone long enough to do all of that. She probably stole it from some vultures....
It does look like other predators got to it.
Wonder what it taste like...
@@anthonyagudo208 probably similar to chicken.
Anthony Agudo Go to an Asian restaurant and find out. What they call chicken isn’t always. 🤣
@@anthonyagudo208 go 2a Chinese restaurant AND order the pork fried rice and that's what it tastes like 💯💯🤡
Obviously died elsewhere and not by Harriet. This was a scavenge/opportunity meal. Not much remains of the feline. I hope they will remove it so it doesn’t attract other predators. I’m so sorry for the views that are effected by this. As a cat owner I understand the feeling of losing a cat to a predator as I have had that happen to me. We need to remind ourselves that these are wild animals and are opportunist hunters. We occasionally will have that reality check when events like this happen. Whenever we watch wild animals live or rebroadcasted you never know what you are going to view. Hugs to those that need it right now 🤗🤗🤗❤️
Nicely put...have a great day☺
Awwww, Kitty. :( I can't even watch the livestream till they get it out of the nest or until it becomes unrecognizable. I love kitties! Thanks for all you do Lady Hawk!
Hello PJ how are you doing today.
Chicks look hot today, just trying to get in the shade under mom and dad. Didn't even eat any cat
Is sweet and sad at the same time. I'm an animal lover, rescued cat, rescued dog, but I also love birds. It's the way it was designed, sometimes the animal is the hunter sometimes it's hunted. My cat brought me a baby rabbit, by its neck still alive as a gift. I was horrified at first, but then relieved to see it was unharmed and I released it
It's instinctive, survival and other behaviors are hardwired in all animals, domesticated or trained, we have to respect it. I know poor kitty, it makes me sad too, but I was also touched to see the small chick's being fed. It's how it was designed.
Our cat, the sweetest little sweetheart brought us a baby bird out of the nest 😳
The predator instinct lives in all of them.
@@Imacatp3rson you cat is not a "sweetheart" if it killed a cute baby bird
@@kerzytibok3211 it's instinct. What else do you explain from a predator? It was born to hunt, to kill so it can feed itself. My cat brings every single one of it's kills to me, and I discard of them. Now my mom must have commented this about my other cat, but my cat only gets rid of the sometimes rodents inside of our house, helping both her and us. So yes, she is a sweetheart.
Thanks for posting this video. Good learning material for many folks who let their cats roam in semi-rural areas. Flying raptors of all kinds pose a risk to your animal in these situations. These shots drive home the truth of that, mear words are unable to communicate.
Yes, plus your kitty is a nice big meal for coyotes- even coyotes in the city are often seen with cats in their mouths.
Not to mention cats kill millions or even billions of animals each year, so it's like karma in a way lol.
Not just semi-rural. I saw one of those fly over my car as I was driving on Interstate 91 in downtown area of Hartford, CT. Since the Connecticut River has been cleaned up, the eagles have returned. They nest along the river and catch mostly fish, but of course other creatures also.
@@jkinder1982 It's millions, not billions
They are in cities too. Eagles a little less but Hawks and coyotes in quieter areas. I've had hawks in NYC use my window AC as a landing spot to greusomly tear apart squirrels and rats.
Nope, eagles can't prey on cats/dogs. Kittens probably, but an adult cat is far too large for an eagle to carry. If you watch the video, you see the eagle only brought back pieces of the body. the head/neck with part of a leg attached. Eagles are primarily scavengers. Most likely the cat was hit by a car and the eagle took back the carrion to the nest.
When they hunt, they hunt fish and other small birds or small mammals like rabbits or squirrels. To kill a cat, the eagle would have to land, but it's doubtful an eagle would even be able to kill an adult housecat as the cat would be far stronger than the eagle unless it was a kitten or a very tiny cat. Most Eagles are less than 10 lbs. the very largest is 14 pounds maybe. Average house cat is about 10 lbs. Eagle can only take off with 2 -3 lbs from landing.
It's a common myth that eagles try to attack cats and small dogs. Chickens, quail, ducks? Sure. Kittens? Yeah. But adult cats and all but the smallest dogs are far too big for bald eagles.
Thank you so much for the warning! I immediately hit pause just to comment. Poor kitty ..glad the Es are eating but again POOR KITTY 😟
This is why my kitties stay in. We are having dangerously cold temperatures and last few weeks I had about 4 feral cats trying to find food and shelter at my house. This week I have only seen one kitty come by. I am afraid the others may have frozen to death. 😞
Hello Lorre how are you doing today
Ew I can’t believe you would encourage filthy feral cats to come to your house. The more you feed those nasty creatures the more they become entitled and come to expect food and shelter from you. There are far too many feral cats anyway. The more that get eaten by eagles the better 😂
Where I live, cats & dogs are not pets. They are wild animals just like any other animal
Finding it hard to watch this nest right now. Couldn't believe it at first. 😢 Very sad. But we must also see that for them it's a lot of food which they urgently need for the baby birds and themselves.
hello Carla how are you doing today.
I’m sorry for your short life little kitty. If you were a feral someone wasn’t spaying or neutering their pet. If you were a pet, you were not protected and kept safe from cars, dogs, disease from other cats, poison and in my neighborhood, coyotes. You were beautiful and I have a soft spot for kitties with white boots. I’m sorry you ended up on an eagles nest, you deserved better, but I will never blame our eagles, they are just doing their thing and an opportunity presented itself. RIP >^..^< 💔
I made the mistake of checking in out due to comments on my SWFL Eagles FB page only to have cat look like my cat Buddy who gave me 35 years of love. Of course nature does what it needs to do
Holy cow that's a long time for a cat to live, mine lived to be 16....have a great day☺
Hi Jennifer, is "35" a typo and your kitty lived 15 or even 25 years? Or was he the Methuselah of cats, you lucky woman!
I'm sorry you saw that your Buddy looked like the cat in the scap/video😔
Egan, it’s not even a whole cat. Could be some other animals’ kill.
Looks like roadkill with only part of the cat. Also loved little 18’s reaction. 😀
They have to eat it to feed the chicks ! They upchuck in the chicks mouth after they eat it !
I agree, bald eagles are scavengers if I recall.
@@scalabrin2001 I think they're opportunistic predators picking up what they can find if their main source is not available. They do scavenge for food when there's a shortage.
You are correct. I've seen eagles dive on the lake and take off with live fish also seen them eating roadkill. Whichever is the easier meal I guess
@@scalabrin2001 i often see eagles feeding on roadkill.
Did one of the parents remove the cat's head? I didn't see it today.
I had lost a cat like this when I was 5(My brothers witnessed her being snatched by an eagle) I know it's nature but I couldn't help but think of my kitty and shed a few tears 😢 this is why my kitty's now are all indoors and don't roam outside.
Your cat helped nature complete the food chain --- don't be sad about it
Am SO glad I looked at this via my notifications before heading to peek in at the nest. Not going to watch this video nor check in at nest for awhile.... Thank you for the heads up warnings! Not anything I need see and have imprinted to memory, lol. Poor kitty... The ONLY good thing about it is the food it provides to all critters wild. RIP poor kitty. ❤
P.S. After reading tons of comments, here are some of my own thoughts in response...
~1. Far too many humans assume, all the time and re all kinds of things. I don't agree w/the old adage: "When you assume, you make an a** out of u and me" bec u only make one out of yourself, not anyone else, lol. Hence, people are assuming kitty is road kill. Fact = NO one knows what happened to this cat unless! they actually DO know. Hence, this is a GUESS. Many, many things could have happened to result in this cat's death. Why people say this as if a "fact" is beyond me. It MIGHT have been hit by a vehicle, yes. It MIGHT have been killed by many different critters out there, yes. Keyword: might.
~~2. Oft times in live critter cam chats, people will butt heads over the realm of feelings. Whether it's our own feelings or our thoughts about the critter's feelings - humans ALWAYS butt heads over this topic. Please remember, when it comes to human emotions, we are not all the same. Some are simply more sensitive than others. Don't chide someone else if they are more sensitive than you.
~~~3. Please allow for, and accept, every person here has the right to be who and how they are. No one has the right to denounce another for their own thoughts and feelings however. Live and let live.
~~~~4. Finally. Some presume, and have said, that we don't feel anything for the fish and other critters that are killed for food by the eagles and yet, we lament over a cat. Wrong. Whenever I have seen ANY live creature brought to a nest, I go away, returning only after the creature has passed away. I don't want to see any living creature killed, period. Having an emotional reaction to the remains of a deceased cat seems rather normal to me, since cats are so very loved in a very personal way by many people, including me. So yes please - remember we are all different, we have a rt to be so and let's just accept that, in a kind way. If you can't be kind about it, then please just be quiet! 🤣😉🙊 Thank you. ❤🦅🦅🦅🦅
Yikes - I cringed at the “heads up” comment...I know you didn’t intend it that way!! Imagine just running through your morning cams and seeing it without warning, I almost fell out of bed. NOT how I wanted to start my day...and you can’t unsee the image. Sigh!
They are hunting and found a kitty. I am a cat lover, I had to move on. I understand there food chain. They eat what they find.
Hello Kathleen how are you doing today.
Does anybody know, approximately, where this scene was located? (other than in an eagle's nest) it sure looks like it's next to the Florida Turnpike, just outside of Orlando?...oh and "poor kitty" for the PETA crowd.
This is horrendous 😥. I know I know everything has to eat, but the bloody close up of its precious little face kills me. I lost a cat years ago who looked just like this. 😥
Keep your cats INSIDE!! Better for nature and much better for the cat
Cats are not meant to be cuttely human toys
@@trblcleft yeah not outside either. Not native, kills native animals, a unique type of predator that most small animals don't have naturally. Have a cat inside or don't have one.
@@Red-Tempest you clearly dont live on a farm where their are similar predators and depend on predators like cats to contain say........mice?Where I come from all dogs and cats live outdoors year round.
@@trblcleft most cats live in urban and suburban areas. So sure, in rural situations you do what you gotta do. But in non-rural settings where people do consider their cats a part of their family, people should really keep their cats indoors. Cats kill billions of wild animals each year, so the more they are inside, the better imo.
Nothing goes to waste in wild it’s a cycle of cleaning up road kill. We’re just privileged to be able to see the lives of these eagles up close sometimes unexpected events occur 🦅
I mean yea but i would feel bad if it was someones cat
It’s roadkill. Most likely a stray. If it was fresh it wouldn’t be so stiff
i would think the cat was not road kill the eagle klled it
Yup, you most likely will be eaten by flies😃
Too bad we think of homeless people in the same way. Can't stand when animals or people are strays. Some people act homeless and get more handouts than real homeless people, some of which were veterans.
A tree fell, containing a Bald Eagle nest in a nearby conservation area.
Troopers and Game Warden found dozens of pet collars in the debris...
It all just depends where you are on the food chain
I’. Sorry, but, I have not had access to my iPad to stay in touch and watch, admire our lil Eagle family, when will another lil family come to us, and when should I start watching for eggs?? Dec?? Hopefully, I will be at Mayo Clinic, getting kef
Sry, hit the wrong key, I’ve been paralyzed for 2 years, will be at Mayo Clinic, finally getting repaired, and… hopefully not missing 2022 new lil Eagle family, love to uou all💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏
Hello mrybkr and I am so sorry for your health issues and pray for your recovery. The new season for Harriet and M15 will start Oct 1st - the cameras should go live around then and I will be doing videos of their activities. Harriet normally lays her eggs in Mid November and the chicks hatch at the end of December. Be sure to check my channel beginning in October for updates and videos on them! Take care!!
That Eaglet near the edge of nest, towards the end of vid, is a day dreamer. It can't wait to soar with the wind.
I love cats. In this case I'm thankful that the body wasn't left on the side of the road to decay.
No, the eagle caught the cat on the back yard, when it was eating a bird it caught, from predator it became pray.
@@Brancaalice awesome post.
Hello Sharon how are you doing today.
Amazing footage.
I was expecting a whole cat. What a surprise !
Good Grief. A cat's head. Poor kitty. Never a dull moment with this eagle family.
Hello Kathleen how are you doing today.
Cats need to be kept indoors....
For many reasons. Including killing of species they just want to play with. Too many humans get cats (dogs & other species), play & love on them regularly as babies but then almost stop when they get older. They need multiple entertainment options, including views & sounds of nature. And as most do, they get bored with same thing over & over. Mix it up! The options today are mind boggling.
@@lemonfizzy4963 Thanks for your valuable advice , Lemon Fizzy!👍 (love your name, lol👏😊)
exactky, cats are predators to singing birds...
Get them a completely fenced cat run if you want them to have outdoor time. Keeps them and the birds safe.
They also need to get fixed and the feral cat population would go down.
During a live feed earlier I could see the shape of the cat's head and I had a feeling. I know I love kitties and I know this is nature I couldn't watch it I don't know that I'll be able to watch until the cat head is gone
Is this off of State Road 52 in Hudson, Florida?
How terrible for the cat’s owner.They won’t get closure. 😭
If kitty even had an owner. And I’m not sure what would be worse, having closer or seeing the head of your beloved family member this way. It’s nature but it’s still hard to see when it’s personal. 😭
It Was road kill.
@Aurea Very true!
Most likely a feral.
@@lemonfizzy4963 There is a video somewhere on YT of a GHO nest where one of the adults came sailing in with a tiny dog - looked like a little Maltese - complete with a sweater. I assume it must have been swiped from someone's yard.
Now THAT I found upsetting as it was so obviously someone's loved pet that the owls killed. Feral cats? Not so much.
Oh this brings me back to biology class in highschool when I failed the class and had to do summer school since I refused to dissect a cat like the rest of class. I'm glad the eagles have food!
@Miranda Cromer, same here ,I wouldn't even go to the class room. Ironically I ended up being a paramedic. Go figure!
@@eRacer314 that's too funny!
Oh gosh, I couldn't handle that, that's like dissecting a small baby or something. Cats are my life companions, I can't stand to see that. We were supposed to dissect frogs in groups of two when I was in high school, and thank gawd I was paired up with a girl who was fine with doing that. I'm no wuss, but when it comes to animal corpses, big oof.
So glad this is a roadkill cat and not a kitty the eagles murdered, was angry at the eagles until I saw the description. Cute cat, really sad that it had to go out like that.
@@FFFan3445 angry at the eagles? Seriously? Get a grip, this is nature.
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I remember how they kept it in the nest like a trophy for the letter part of that nesting season.
When an old tree came down on my in-laws’ property in western Washington, they found over 50 dog and cat collars sprinkled throughout the various nests. 😅
Totally agree with you Lady Hawk, it’s part of the cycle of life, same as lions taking down other animals to survive.
There's that damn cat! I was wondering why he didn't come home.
Lol
All nine lives now gone!
Y'all aren't funny!!
Wow as much of nature as I've seen this hits different. And plus I'm like how did he/she kill it or was already dead?
Recently, someone posted a picture on a local Facebook page of an eagle carrying off a squirrel, and so many people were freaked out about it, they had to take it down. (and what did YOU have for dinner?)
Song birds everywhere are cheering. Kitty Karma at last, so sad. :-O
The eagle did not kill it. It was dead when the eagle found it.
Shut your soy infused mouth
Stfu
“Mommy!!! Have you seen whiskers? I haven’t seen him all day”
🤣🤣
@@J.P.G.78 not funny 😒 😫
Yes darling, she's on the discovery channel.
That poor cat. :( that beautiful sad face. He looks so sad and innocent and he/she’s just a head left… it’s so wrong
I love the Alaska wild life even the grizzly bears are real nice to play and talk to
I am so proud of the commenters on this thread! There is SO much good sense being spoken here. Usually, in other threads I've seen, there is an ongoing battle between those who are cat lovers and those who are saying that housecats don't belong outdoors. I mean fierce battles!!
So to see so much agreement on the truth is refreshing and I'm proud of both sides here!
Common sense truth:
1. HOUSEcats belong IN the house!
2. HOUSEcats, being domesticated, do not have the natural instincts that wild cats do. Therefore they are on the menu for so many species, just to name a few: any large raptor, foxes, wolves, bobcats, coyotes, mountain lions, large snakes and this is a short list! Even when gone over feral, they take many many generations to acquire anything close to natural instincts.
3. Domestic cats are an invasive species and destroy countless numbers of natural wildlife.
This is the first time I've seen a thread about this type of topic where almost everyone is using mutual respect and restraint!
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU 😊💕🐕🐈🦅