Hog island osprey cam

The hoped for blog on migration will be written tonight and appear Wednesday morning. Lots of good information has come in! Thanks to all.

This live cam of the Audobon Osprey Nest on Hog Island isn't good for productivity, but it's good for the soul. Look at how cute those little chicks are! Ok, ok The live video is from Hog Island , and Explore. Ospreys are the only birds of prey that rely almost entirely on fish, so they nest and raise their chicks near water. The Hog Island ospreys laid the first of their three eggs on April 26, and incubation time is days. The female recognized by the heavy striped pattern on her breast does most of the incubation and the male often feeds her at the nest.

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.

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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. Now that Ospreys have returned to Hog Island, the Explore. Like most Explore.

Hog island osprey cam

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.

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Normally the UK females leave earlier than the males leaving the Dads to feed the young ones for weeks. Like so many of You I stayed up waiting for news of Poole Harbour. 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. As I noted, at in the discussion, the lead wildlife rehabilitation officer at Tamarak is addressing the life skills that USS4 will get and -require- before he can be released. Both were good. It is a bad situation with the heat. The very latest on our Little Bit ND It can all be attributed to the hard working team that does wellness checks, changes batteries in the transmitters, and knows these birds as if they were their own children. According to the chatters, fish of various sizes ranging from tiny to a little bigger arrived at , , , and again at for Mum and the two osplets on the Osoyoos nest in British Columbia. As they mature, those baby blues will turn dark espresso brown. There are, of course, fish squabbles and both wish their Mum was well and was feeding them. Mrs G is at least one-third larger than Aran. Let us all hope he finds his way back to QT chick! I am also awake because of the worry over Poole Harbour and the attack.

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The driving question is this — and nothing else matters — has Little Bit 17 had anything to eat since he was released at the park? That was Brisa. The little one is taking no chances though. I have been missing her visits. Let us hope that each of our birds stays safe today. Both of the osplets had a lot of nice fish before bed. What a treat it is to check on a steaming cam and have a fledgling sitting right there as the sun sets. That is a quick check this morning on some of the nests we have been watching. A PDF of a very large study done in was mentioned several times. The cam operator at the nest of Dory and Skiff on Hog Island in Maine gave us some lovely close ups of the chicks feather developments this afternoon. Both had enormous crops — and yes, they do still get a little scrappy but I will venture to say that there is nothing to worry about unless there is an absolute food shortage. These three are doing great. The parents are great providers of fish, hovering feet above the sea, before plunging feet first under water, snagging the fish with their sharp talons. Dad takes over completely allowing the female to bulk up her weight and add some fat before she begins her migration. While Lindsay was resting on the ledge of The Campanile she had a visitor — Alden!