We Have Osprey Chicks!

The parents are now feeding the young that have hatched.  Keep watching to see how many young they are raising.  We won't know until they can raise their heads above the bowl of the nest.

We hare having webcam issues

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE WEBCAM NOT WORKING THIS PAST WEEK.  FIBERPIPE FOLKS ARE WORKING WITH GEM STATE COMMUNICATIONS TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET A BROADER BAN WIDTH SO THE CAMERA IMAGE CAN BE MORE CONSISTENT VIA THE INTERNET LINK.  SO, BE PATIENT.  MEANWHILE THE OSPREY CHICKS SHOULD BE HATCHING ANY TIME NOW. rcc

The Osprey pair is now incubating eggs.  The male and female take turns on the nest while the other brings in fresh fish for their meals.  Incubation began about May 1st.  So, we expect to have the eggs hatching near June 5th.  

The Osprey pair is back together after a long winter away from their nesting territory.  We should see some busy work on the nest now and egg laying within a couple of weeks.  Stay tuned and enjoy the show.

The male osprey is back at his post bringing new sticks to the nest as of March 29, 2013.  His mate should show up sometime within this next week.  As you have noticed the webcam site has been revised to be more compatible with various apps....thanks to our friends at Fiberpipe.

Almost Time for SOLO to head south

Solo is still using the nest as home base and will continue to do so until he migrates in September. The female adult usually migrates first, while the male adult remains behind to help the young with meals. The male will migrate about the same time as the young, which is a few weeks after the mother, depending on the chicks' development. All but the southernmost breeding populations in North America are migratory, vacating their breeding grounds in late summer for rain-forest rivers and fish-rich seacoasts and lakes of Central and South America.

Solo has Fledged

I have been checking the webcam everyday expecting to see an empty nest, but I could always see at least one osprey on the nest.  This morning I was actually able to witness an empty nest for a short while.  

Solo will be flying around the nest area from perch to perch and then gradually venturing further from the nest. Soon he will be learning to fish....meanwhile the parents will still be providing fish prey for him. So, stay tuned.