His and Harriet’s nest has attracted 40 million views, but in the end Ozzie lost his life, and love, to a younger eagle
Thursday 1 October 2015 13:00 BST
Within an hour of Ozzie's death, over 600 people has posted comment to CROW's Facebook CROW - Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife
For over twenty years, Ozzie and Harriet lived in marital bliss.
It was clear from the start that they were made for each other. She, a striking creature with a large beak and black-speckled tail; he, smaller but no less distinguished, with sprinkles of white interspersed on his right shoulder.
After a residential stint elsewhere in North Fort Myers, Fla., the bald eagle pair made their nest on the sprawling property of Dick Pritchett Real Estate, where they flew freely among the pine trees. The year was 2006, and Ozzie and Harriet had yet to become national darlings.
Little is known about the couple’s life during this quiet period. Presumably, they engaged in conventional eagle activities: eating fish, tending to a nest, gliding majestically.
Ozzie’s life came to an abrupt end Tuesday evening in a manner ripe for Shakespearean tragedy. The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW), where the eagle was being treated this weekend, announced his passing on their Facebook page.
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