BajaNomad

Osprey nest cam live online

goldhuntress - 6-1-2012 at 12:06 PM

Here's a link to a live nest cam for all us Osprey lovers. The babies will be born any day so stay tuned!
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=2445

DENNIS - 6-1-2012 at 12:52 PM

WOW....How cool is that. Dooya know where it is? Thanks.

sancho - 6-1-2012 at 01:34 PM

Mas Osprey:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/nA3LtXnNIto?feature=player_embe...

goldhuntress - 6-1-2012 at 01:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
WOW....How cool is that. Dooya know where it is? Thanks.

Yes, this one is at the Dunrovin Guest Ranch, Lolo Montana and part of The Osprey Project at the University of Montana. If you look on the page and find BirdCams you can check out 4 other cams, different types of birds, some with the babies already born.

bufeo - 6-1-2012 at 01:59 PM

That's a great webcam. We've been members of The Peregrine Fund for several years (World Center Birds of Prey near Boise, ID) and they have a webcam (http://www.peregrinefund.org/subsites/webcam-peregrine/) focused on a pair of peregrine falcoms raising a brood on the 14th floor of a downtown Boise building. It's so great to see the ospreys and the peregrines.

I'm posting this in the "Quick Reply" box and ergo the need for you to cut and paste the above link to the peregrines. Sorry I'm too lazy to jump through the other hoops. :-(

Allen R
P.S. Fixed the link; you can direct click.

[Edited on 6-1-2012 by bufeo]

wilderone - 6-3-2012 at 07:52 AM

Love it - thank you!

ecomujeres - 6-5-2012 at 04:46 PM

Que cool! Thanks!

bajajudy - 6-5-2012 at 05:04 PM

I didnt know that they were monogamous!
We see a pair every day at the beach.
Thanks for the link

bufeo - 6-5-2012 at 06:46 PM

The peregrines in Boise just had chicks.

Allen R

P.S. We're experiencing some strong winds here in Idaho (owing to a major low pressure moving through) and it's interesting to see the nesting pair protecting the chicks. As I looked on earlier today, the parents switched places. Pretty neat.
A.R.

[Edited on 6-6-2012 by bufeo]

goldhuntress - 6-5-2012 at 09:46 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bufeo
The peregrines in Boise just had chicks.

Allen R

P.S. We're experiencing some strong winds here in Idaho (owing to a major low pressure moving through) and it's interesting to see the nesting pair protecting the chicks. As I looked on earlier today, the parents switched places. Pretty neat.
A.R.

That is neat Allen. I saw the Osprey trade off today also! And, it was really blowin at the Osprey nest today too! I felt bad for them but they just sit up there like it was no big deal! Birds seem to be good parents, at least the ones by my house that I've observed over the years. There are 5 cams connected with Cornell and you can access them all from the Osprey link. Red-tail, Blue Heron and Kestrel all have babies at different stages. The Red-tails, I think, will fledge tomorrow. There's a lot of flapping and looking over the edge in that nest! It's really fun to watch the progess.

Mulegena - 6-5-2012 at 10:04 PM

This is fun.
Its 11 pm up in Montana, pitch black yet there's still a bit of activity and talking in the nest.

Hurry up, sunrise!

fandango - 6-7-2012 at 04:26 PM

a close up of the 2 eggs today, thursday 7june2012. with moms face in the upper left. any day now.



[Edited on 6-7-2012 by fandango]

goldhuntress - 6-20-2012 at 10:58 AM

I'm sorry to report the news is not good at the Osprey nest. The eggs are well past the normal incubation time and experts are saying they will not hatch. The parents are still diligently sitting and caring for the eggs, it's sad to watch. This is a news clip about it. In short they think it could be mercury levels or the fact that these two birds are older birds and so maybe it's something with the reproductive system.
http://t.co/DhNp9QZ3

Mulegena - 6-20-2012 at 11:45 AM

Sorry to hear this, Goldhuntress, but thank you for keeping us aware and for the opportunity to learn about nature.

Its really sad to look in on them now. They're carrying on so valiantly. Will they abandon the nest when they themselves know for certainty their efforts are in vain?

On a brighter note, a little thread hijack: a little report on Isabeau, the young female osprey who was found in La Bocana in early April and brought to Mulege in May.

Miss Issy, as she is known here, has rehabbed and stabilized. She'll never fly again however; her wing is healed but permanently broken. She's learning to walk and hop about; balance was a big issue for her.

Thanks to her attentive caregiver she has a lovely secure yard with some shade and a trunk of palm and good-size piece of dried cholla to perch on. She's eating baitfish like a little piggie!