A mother bald eagle brings a stuffed animal toy squirrel to its nest in North Fort Myers in April 2020. (Southwest Florida Eagle Cam)

A bald eagle in southwest Florida recently went for takeout dinner for its eaglets, but they probably weren’t that thrilled with what momma brought home.

An eagle cam set up in North Fort Myers showed mother eagle bringing its offspring what looked to be a tasty squirrel recently, but it turned out to be a fake, according to a story from the Fort Myers News-Press.

The Southwest Florida Eagle Cam website tracks the mother, named Harriet and father dubbed M15, while raising the 2-week-old eaglets E15 and E16.

On its blog posted April 15, the webcam site gave an update explaining the plush critter.

“Harriet did her share bringing fish and prey to the nest. M15 used his hunting skills to provide food for hungry eaglets. There were interesting items delivered to the nest including a pet toy squirrel that Harriet mistook for real,” the update said. “The de-furring never ended in anything but fluffy stuffing. M15 seemed to want to offer it food while the E15 and E16 climbed over and snuggled with it. All seemed perplexed with the belated April Fool.”

By Friday, the stuffed animal had migrated to the side of the nest.

The News-Press said the eaglets are the second go for the mother and father eagles. A first clutch of two eggs did not survive. The newspaper reported that it was not uncommon for human-made objects to make it into a nest.

Read more at news-press.com.