Hog island osprey cam

This live cam of the Audobon Osprey Nest on Hog Island isn't good for productivity, but it's good for the soul.

The hoped for blog on migration will be written tonight and appear Wednesday morning. Lots of good information has come in! Thanks to all. If you are still thinking about migration challenges — even in your own area — send them to me before CDT Tuesday the 16th. Xavier continues to bring in lovely prey items — some not so welcome like the Starlings but, it would seem that Diamond is in really good shape for this breeding season.

Hog island osprey cam

The webcam shows the nest of a breeding pair of ospreys and gives a view of their daily lives as they breed, nest and raise their chicks. The osprey nest shown is on a platform on top of a 30 foot tower near Hog Island's boathouse. For almost 10 years, the Hog Island osprey cam has followed the dramatic lives of Rachel and Steve. Now a new female osprey called Lady, has taken Rachel's place. The ospreys arrive generally in early April after over-wintering in South America. Egg-laying takes place at the end of the month. After two months of rapid growth, the chicks begin to fly in early August and by early September, they will begin their fall migration travelling solo. An osprey nest, called an eyrie, is generally built on the top of a large tree or in coastal areas on cliff edges and rocks. Ospreys may also use man- made structures including electricity pylons, chimneys and nesting platforms. Man-made structures are used more regularly in North America than in Europe. Ospreys are site faithful and some nests may have been in use for some 20 years, with the birds adding to the nest each year. The nest is a large structure made of branches and twigs and lined with small twigs, moss, bark and grass. To build a new nest from scratch, it takes an osprey pair days to complete.

Well done. As they mature, those baby blues will turn dark espresso brown.

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Breaking News - June 7 - The first of three Osprey chicks has just hatched on the new Osprey live cam recently launched by the Audubon Society and explore. The second of three eggs is due to hatch at any moment. The cam will run through the early fall as the family transitions through the hatching, feeding and fledgling processes. Check it out. Thanks to a partnership between explore. The cams will be live during daylight hours ET until the Osprey family heads south through the Caribbean and South America starting in early September. On April 29, the female laid the first of the three eggs she is now incubating. The eggs are expected to hatch in mid-June after about 40 days of incubation.

Hog island osprey cam

For almost 10 years, the Hog Island Osprey cam followed the lives of Rachel and Steve, a dedicated Osprey pair who experienced no shortage of drama. Now a new female Osprey, Lady, has taken Rachel's place. Join along as cam fans watch her and Steve take on life and raise a family together. Oh, and even though it's billed as an Osprey cam, occasionally other species stop by for their 15 minutes of fame.

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Soo is doing the best she can to try and keep her panting chicks shaded. In the image below, from left to right: the fledgling 5H2, the goshawk staring at the throat of the fledgling. It is much appreciated. The chicks are big. I hope to have my regular report on Sunday. It seems that Bonus, one of two surviving storklets of Jan and Janikka, who was taken to the clinic to be raised and then adopted at the Karula nest will be one of the recipients. Sometimes she gives in to feeding on the nest and Arthur likes to sneak food there! He is definitely eating — whether or not he is catching some of his prey or having it delivered is not clear and — is now utterly irrelevant. There are trees that get in the way but the juvenile does come out and soars again. Dyson first made a mess eating the peanuts and leaving the shells,. If you did not see the presentation and discussion about the care that US Steel eaglet 4 USS4 is getting at the Tamarack Wildlife Centre in PA, then please go to my earlier blog this afternoon and have a listen. They brought a lot of solace.

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Then he decided to stash them instead of sharing with Junior. Keep all of these nests in the heat wave in your positive thoughts. The Mum of the three fledglings, Mrs YA, has a real task ahead of her keeping these fed. But will he share? Did she get injured trying to move one of her big sticks? If you would like to learn more, have a listen:. They are such individuals. It is normally a commitment of 4 hours every week or fortnight for a period of 6 months. He was last positively seen on the 19th of May. Waiting for these two to test their wings. Lots of fledging in the UK — too much to keep track of at times and intruders, many juveniles hatched from the nest in previous years such as KS7 and KS8 visiting Llyn Clywedog. A number of topics were covered including why it is important for utility companies to not have wildlife incidents. Here are two stills from the attack on the Poole Harbour fledgling who is eating a fish on the nest.