Osprey Nests in North America

[Malewitsch]

ABC7 OSPREY CAM - Sarasota, FL

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Ft. Myers Pink Shell Beach, FL

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St. Petersburg, FL

[Chimega]

Both chicks in the Achieva nest, died.

[Bea]

Oh, how sad ..... is it known of what reason?

[Malewitsch]

Cheasapeake Bay, Maryland - They are back:

Calico Tom from front perch tries to mate with Audry

http://chesapeakeconservancy.org/explor ... ms/osprey/

[Malewitsch]

Cheasapeake Bay, Maryland

[seira]

March 27

Savannah, Georgia
Cornell Lab Bird Cams http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/5 ... h_Ospreys/
Website http://landingsbirdcam.com/all-cams/
FB https://www.facebook.com/LandingsBirdCam/

one egg in Savannah, finally

First Egg Laid by Ospreys in Savannah – Mar. 27, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glLbLOlI4fY
by Cornell Lab Bird Cams Project



16:52 male and egg

17:15 male flew away

17:32 female and egg

[Chimega]

Oh, how sad ..... is it known of what reason?

Hi Bea,

The true reason really isn't known but it is suspected these were 1st time parents. However, when the first chick hatched, the mother would not feed it and it was a large, healthy and very strong chick that begged for fish non-stop. We watched the mother stand there and eat 2 fish in front of the begging chick and nightfall came. The chick was not fed the 1st day. In the mean time, after the female ate the first fish, she decided to rearrange sticks on the nest and in doing so, trampled the chick a time or two but dropped a huge, heavy stick on it, twice! I believe she trampled it at that same time.

The next morning at daylight, we could see the 2nd egg had hatched, already. Now there were 2 chicks. The maie didn't pay much attention to them and the mother mostly looked at them like she wasn't quite sure what they were. That's my opinion. But she did start feeding. She seemed impatient and held large pieces of fish about 6 inches in front of the chicks. If they didn't or weren't able to grab it from that distance, she just kept eating the fish, herself, then finished and laid back down on the chicks.

I have video if you wish to see.

The 1st chick to die, did so, when I was away from the computer. I caught the 2nd death on video early Sunday morning. Daylight came and you could see the chick was in grave danger. The mother just stood there eating fish, then walked over to the chick and picked it up and tossed it to the side of the nest, upside down with it's head down in the nest bowl and legs and body on the rim. It stayed that way until it perished.

There was a 3rd egg which didn't hatch, thankfully. The last time I looked in on that cam, the female was brooding the egg. It's too late for that egg, thank goodness!

[Cessie]

Chimega, that is so sad what happened to the Achieva chicks.

[Chimega]

Hi Cessie,

Yes it is. They appeared to be strong, healthy chicks. The problem appears to have been the parents but no one knows for sure what was going on. I am not sure if anyone will do a necropsy or not but I sure wish they would. :(

[Bea]

Hi Chimega,

thank you for your detailed answer. That all really sounds as if an unexperienced mother bird was unable to cope with the situation and the chicks. All one can do is wish them a much better season at the next breeding attempt ....

[Chimega]

I hope there is no second breeding, to be honest. That was all rather brutal to watch. I'd much prefer a nice healthy clutch of chicks, well fed, with parents that know how to take care of them. Of course, we don't get to make that decision...

[Malewitsch]

Chesapeake Bay, Maryland > Audrey - Tom & Audrey - Audrey

[Malewitsch]

ABC7 - Sarasota, FL



Ft. Myers, FL

[Cessie]

New Osprey Nest Cam in San Francisco Bay!
Sponsored by the Golden Gate Audubon Society.
The nest is up on a whirly crane. Nice view of the water and the boats passing by.

Sfbayospreys.org

[Chimega]

Oh that's some place up there! LOL

[Cessie]

San Francisco

[Malewitsch]

San Francisco > from Archives 17 March 2017 copulation Richmond & Rosie


http://sfbayospreys.org/archives/

[seira]

March 31

Savannah, Georgia

two eggs in Savannah at 3/30

FB https://www.facebook.com/LandingsBirdCa ... =3&theater
We have a second egg!! A big thank you to a dedicated nest watcher, April, who got a video showing a bit of egg #2. It is hard to spot (slow down the video speed and watch carefully at 17:17:22). I captured a couple of still pictures from her video to show the location of the eggs (see comments). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWMxfqg ... e=youtu.be

Male Delivers a Breakfast Mullet, Two Eggs Visible – Mar. 31, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtVbn1IVjBI
by Cornell Lab Bird Cams Project


07:04

07:07 female and eggs