Florida - Avian flu in wild birds 2024-2025

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.wftv.com/news/local/orla...NN6O7UOQLREYI/

Orlando confirms bird flu cases after several swan deaths at Lake Eola Park
By Nikki DeMarco, WFTV.com
February 27, 2024 at 5:06 pm EST

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando officials confirm positive cases of Avian Influenza after several swans were found dead at Lake Eola Park.

Over the past two weeks, several different birds were found dead around Lake Eola Park.

After consulting with local veterinarian experts, it was recommended to send two of the dead swans, a Royal Mute swan, and an Australian Black swan, out for necropsies.

Results received this week found the swans tested positive for Avian Influenza, according to a news release.

This past weekend, two more swans, both Black-necked swans, were also found deceased...

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Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds

Last Modified: June 11, 2024
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State County Collection Date Date Detected HPAI Strain Bird Species WOAH Classification Sampling Method

Florida Duval 04/30/2024 06/04/2024EA H5N1 Black vulture Wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Citrus 04/25/2024 06/04/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 02/20/2024 03/25/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Seminole 02/22/2024 03/04/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Orange 02/16/2024 03/04/2024 EA H5N1 Mute swan Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Orange 02/05/2024 02/29/2024 EA H5N1 Black-neck swan Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Orange 02/05/2024 02/29/2024 EA H5N1 Black-neck swan Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Orange 02/26/2024 02/23/2024 EA H5N1 Black swan Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Palm Beach 01/23/2024 02/06/2024 EA H5N1 Blue-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 01/23/2024 02/06/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 12/27/2023 01/31/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Lee 01/28/2024 01/30/2024 EA H5 Muscovy duck Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Monroe 01/09/2024 01/25/2024 EA H5N1 Bald eagle Wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida St. Johns 11/20/2023 01/10/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Northern pintail Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida St. Johns 01/13/2024 01/03/2024 EA H5N1 Green-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest

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https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/wild-birds

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Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds
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State County Collection Date Date Detected HPAI Strain Bird Species WOAH Classification Sampling Method

Florida Orange 07/05/2024 07/12/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Orange 06/26/2024 07/12/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
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https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/wild-birds

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Brevard County, Florida
/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brevard_County,_Florida

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Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds
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State County Collection Date Date Detected HPAI Strain Bird Species WOAH Classification Sampling Method

Florida Brevard 07/27/2024 08/08/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality

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https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/wild-birds

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Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds

Last Modified: August 20, 2024
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State County Collection Date Date Detected HPAI Strain Bird Species WOAH Classification Sampling Method

Florida Collier 12/11/2023 8/14/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Bald eagle Wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
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https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/wild-birds

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Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds
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State County Collection Date Date Detected HPAI Strain Bird Species WOAH Classification Sampling Method

Florida Marion 11/29/2023 8/30/2024 EA/AM H5N1 American white pelican Wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
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https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/wild-birds

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Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds

Last Modified: October 22, 2024
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State County Collection Date Date Detected HPAI Strain Bird Species WOAH Classification Sampling Method

Florida Brevard 10/14/2024 10/21/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 10/4/2024 10/21/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Volusia 1/9/2024 9/30/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Willet Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Volusia 1/9/2024 9/30/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Black scoter Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Volusia 1/9/2024 9/30/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Royal tern Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Volusia 1/9/2024 9/30/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Royal tern Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 9/19/2024 9/26/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Volusia 8/15/2024 9/24/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Volusia 8/15/2024 9/24/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Collier 10/10/2022 9/24/2024 EA H5 Black skimmer Wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Polk 1/4/2024 9/19/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Muscovy duck Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Marion 12/27/2023 9/17/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Great horned owl Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida St. Johns 11/18/2023 9/6/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Green-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida St. Johns 11/18/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Lesser scaup Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Blue-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5 Ring-necked duck Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Ring-necked duck Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Ring-necked duck Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Blue-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Blue-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5 Mottled duck Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Ring-necked duck Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Ring-necked duck Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Ring-necked duck Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Green-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Blue-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Blue-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Green-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Green-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Blue-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Green-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Northern pintail Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Green-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Brevard 12/9/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Green-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida St. Johns 11/18/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Green-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida St. Johns 11/18/2023 9/6/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Northern shoveler Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida St. Johns 11/18/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Green-winged teal Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida St. Johns 11/18/2023 9/6/2024 EA H5N1 Northern shoveler Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Palm Beach 12/9/2023 9/4/2024 EA H5N1 Ring-necked duck Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Palm Beach 12/9/2023 9/4/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Ring-necked duck Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Palm Beach 12/9/2023 9/4/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Ring-necked duck Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Palm Beach 12/9/2023 9/4/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Ring-necked duck Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Palm Beach 12/9/2023 9/4/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Lesser scaup Wild bird Hunter harvest
Florida Marion 12/9/2023 9/4/2024 EA/AM H5N1 Ring-necked duck Wild bird Hunter harvest
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https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock...ons/wild-birds

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Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds

Last Modified: November 12, 2024
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State County Collection Date Date Detected HPAI Strain Bird Species WOAH Classification Sampling Method

Florida Brevard 10/24/2024 11/8/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 10/24/2024 11/8/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 10/18/2024 11/6/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 10/18/2024 11/6/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 10/18/2024 11/6/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 10/18/2024 11/6/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 10/22/2024 11/6/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 10/22/2024 11/6/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 10/22/2024 11/6/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 10/20/2024 11/6/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 10/17/2024 11/5/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 10/17/2024 11/5/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 10/16/2022(typo?) 11/5/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
Florida Brevard 10/16/2022(typo?) 11/5/2024 EA H5N1 Black vulture Captive wild bird Morbidity/Mortality
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https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/wild-birds

[sharon sanders]

Just wondering where these black vultures were captive at....nothing in the local Central Florida news....

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Polk County, Florida
/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polk_County,_Florida

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Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds
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https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/wild-birds

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Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds

Last Modified: December 17, 2024
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State County Collection Date Date Detected HPAI Strain Bird Species WOAH Classification Sampling Method

Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Redhead duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Mottled duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Ring-necked duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Blue-winged teal	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Blue-winged teal	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Blue-winged teal	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Blue-winged teal	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Ring-necked duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Green-winged teal	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Green-winged teal	Wild bird	Hunter harvest

Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Green-winged teal	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Green-winged teal	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Green-winged teal	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Ring-necked duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Ring-necked duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Redhead duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Ring-necked duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Ring-necked duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Ring-necked duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Lake	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Lesser scaup	Wild bird	Hunter harvest

Florida	Lake	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Ruddy duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Lake	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Ruddy duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Lake	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Ring-necked duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Lake	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Blue-winged teal	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Lake	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Redhead duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Lake	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Ring-necked duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Lake	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Ring-necked duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Lake	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Ring-necked duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Lake	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Blue-winged teal	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	Lake	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Ring-necked duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest

Florida	Brevard	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5N1	Ring-necked duck	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	St. Johns	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Green-winged teal	Wild bird	Hunter harvest
Florida	St. Johns	11/23/2024	12/10/2024	EA H5	Green-winged teal	Wild bird	Hunter harvest

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https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock...ons/wild-birds

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/lo...ird-flu-cases/

Brevard County wildlife hospital reports surge in bird flu cases
Hospital notes series of broken pelican wings, as well
Jarell Baker, Reporter
Published: January 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – This week, the Florida Wildlife Hospital announced on social media that positive cases of bird flu are appearing in Brevard County.

Executive Director Tracy Frampton stated, “We sent 10 samples off earlier a couple of weeks ago and we got 6 back that were positive. We just sent 40 back out yesterday.”

Frampton noted that bird flu is being found in several ducks and black vultures. This comes a month after a 65-year-old Louisiana man died from bird flu, marking the first such case in U.S. history...

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Brevard County - Posted today, H5N1 in Dolpihins (h/t Pathfinder):

https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/united-states/h5n1-tracking-af/florida/998707-florida-avian-influenza-in-mammals-2024-2025?p=1006057#post1006057

And a current Bird Fest in Brevard County:
January 22, 2025

Excerpt:

Hundreds of birders will converge on the Indian River Lagoon region this week as the 26th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival takes flight Wednesday through Sunday, many in hopes of scoping out a flock of pink flamingos that hurricanes swept our way in late 2023. Flamingos are the feature bird at this year's festival.
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Brevard's premier birding festival has high hopes of more curious folks flocking to the event, and of a better future for Space Coast birds.
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Economic studies by Florida Institute of Technology show the annual bird fest brings more than $1.2 million yearly to Brevard, about 1,000 registered participants, and several thousand visitors who attend activities that don't require registration.
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While bird flu casts an uncertain shadow over this year's festival and has affected birds elsewhere in Brevard, King-Wrenn said the virus has yet to affect birds on the Merritt Island refuge.

"It's on our radar, but we haven't had any cases yet," she said

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/environment/lagoon/2025/01/22/space-coast-bird-fest-features-flamingo-as-sign-of-ecological-recovery/77771616007/

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Deceased Florida eaglets test positive for H5N1 bird flu

Updated: Jan 30, 2025

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A pair of eaglets that recently died in Florida tested positive for the bird flu, according to researchers.

Eaglets E24 & E25, which were featured on Dick Pritchett Real Estate’s Southwest Florida Eagle Cam, both died within a day of each other.


According to the Eagle Cam, E24 had seizures for a few minutes before it suddenly died Monday. While E25 appeared healthy when researchers came to remove its sibling’s remains, the remaining eaglet later had seizures and died Tuesday morning after it fell out of the nest.

“This is uncharted territory for our cameras and viewers,” a social media post said.

In a Thursday press conference, officials from the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, also known as CROW, said a necropsy revealed that both eaglets tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as HPAI or bird flu.
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Comolli said HPAI can be spread through feces or infected objects, and it appears that the eaglets contracted the disease by eating an infected bird

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Currently, CROW does not have permission to capture the parents, M15 or F23, for observation due to the danger it would pose to the animals while they are still flying.

“Yesterday they were seen many feet in the air,” Comolli said.

If either of the parents show signs of bird flu infection, CROW asked that you call them at 239-322-5068 or the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at 888-404-3922.

https://www.wfla.com/news/live-researchers-explain-what-happened-to-deceased-florida-eaglets/

[Mary Wilson]

Deceased Florida eaglets test positive for H5N1 bird flu

Posted: Jan 30, 2025 / 11:38 AM EST
Updated: Jan 30, 2025 / 02:19 PM EST
by: Nathaniel Rodriguez

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A pair of eaglets that recently died in Florida tested positive for the bird flu, according to researchers.

Eaglets E24 & E25, which were featured on Dick Pritchett Real Estate’s Southwest Florida Eagle Cam, both died within a day of each other.

According to the Eagle Cam, E24 had seizures for a few minutes before it suddenly died Monday. While E25 appeared healthy when researchers came to remove its sibling’s remains, the remaining eaglet later had seizures and died Tuesday morning after it fell out of the nest. ...

“This is uncharted territory for our cameras and viewers,” a social media post said. ...

https://www.wfla.com/news/animals/live-researchers-explain-what-happened-to-deceased-florida-eaglets/