Here on the Gulf Coast, Bird Watching is a popular hobby for visitors and locals alike, and one of its premiere destinations is the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam. Located in North Fort Myers, it offers people a chance not only to see nesting bald eagles in person, but a live stream of a nest located high up in a tree. But recently, a pair of Eaglets have suddenly died, and now we're finding out that a highly contagious virus is what killed them. So what are the chances that a human is at risk for catching it? "So I've known about this and been here for a number of years, and we always try to come and see the eagles..." said Renee Rohrey, an avid birdwatcher.Rohrey regularly comes down to North Fort Myers every year to see the Bald Eagles. Except this time, she arrived to find tragedy. "I've come every year to see them, and when we came on Saturday, we took our pictures and were really happy to see them again, and this morning when we read it on Facebook, we were really devastated." She said, "Sure enough we were told that both of the babies died, and they did test them and were sure it was avian flu."She's talking about two eaglets, named E-24 and E-25, who recently hatched in front of the famous Eagle cam. This week it was reported that they died suddenly and unexpectedly, and today we found out why. "We're here today as representatives of Crow to share with our community some information regarding some of the testing that has already been run on the two eaglets. Late yesterday, we received notification that the two eaglets tested positive for HPAI." said Allison Charney Hussey from CROW. HPAI stands for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, also known as Bird Flu. They say the birds likely contacted the disease after eating something contaminated with the virus. "After 12, 13 years of having the Eagles streamed live, this is definitely one of the worst case scenarios we have ever seen..." said Ginnie Pritchett Mcspadden, who runs the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam. Now that we know Bird Flu is here in Lee County, we wanted to know if it could make humans sick. For some perspective on the highly contagious virus, we spoke with Dr. Marybeth Saunders, an infectious disease specialist from Lee Health. "Well, it can, but rarely. Generally, we worry about it in the bird population. -That's why we've seen so much on the news-about slaughtering of chicken farms and turkey farms. So rarely transferred to humans, but it can occur. And what you worry about is if there is a mutation, and then we get into a situation where we could have human transfer.", Saunders explained. Right now, the CDC says bird flu rarely jumps from birds to humans, which means those most at risk are birds. Still, Saunders explained its always a good idea to take precautions to protect yourself. Well, we are in the height of flu season, right? And so the same thing that you would do for bird flu, you were gonna do with the other types of flu, right? Make sure that you are getting plenty of rest, wearing a mask when you're sick, staying away from sick people, not going to work when you're sick" Saunders said. As for the Eagle Parents, the family who runs the Eaglecam in North Fort Myers says they are just hoping the adults aren't the next ones to get sick. "We really are fighting for the future of F15 and F23, and the future of the cameras, we don't know what this influenza will do, we are just going to have to watch and see and hope for the best for our couple and really the future of the cameras as a whole." Mcspadden added. Which is why leaders at the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife say if you see a dead or sick looking bird, you should give them a call.