Osprey - Maryland / Chesapeake Bay

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Chesapeake Conservancy reports that Tom and Audrey have been missing from their nest site since early morning. The three eggs are unattended and weather is cool and rainy. If you remember, this is the nest where the eggs were replaced with two foster chicks.

Chesapeake Conservancy:

It's a rainy chilly day at Tom & Audrey's nest. The Crazy Osprey Family reports that Tom departed the nest at 8:05, and the eggs have since been unattended. There is no sign of Tom or Audrey in the nearby trees or docks. The temperature was 47 degrees at 9:00 a.m.


http://chesapeakeconservancy.org/osprey-cam

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A video of how Tom and Audrey spent their day yesterday. 37 minutes in length.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnL0BsT7wgg&feature=youtu.be

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  There are now three eggs. Audrey is doing a great job. I certainly hope these eggs hatch, although I loved that she and Tom raised two fosters last year.

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Audrey laid her first egg last night close to midnight. Nesting season has begun.

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Tom and Audrey are again the returning Osprey. They are currently restructuring their nest. New to this site is a night vision cam.

http://chesapeakeconservancy.org/osprey-cam

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A Facebook post from the Chesapeake Conservancy with photos show the cam being installed. One photo shows an Osprey "inspecting" the platform. Will construction begin soon? Posters are saying there is definitely an Osprey home. As well, the new camera has an infrared light for night viewing.

http://chesapeakeconservancy.org/osprey-cam

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Oop! This is the correct link to the Osprey nest where they fostered 2 chicks. The nest I posted is in Montana. Their nest was invaded and the eggs lost to predators.

http://chesapeakeconservancy.org/osprey-cam

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This is in Italy Texas and is one of the live bird cams as shown in the site's banner. There are others worth viewing from the banner.

http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/27/Hellgate_Ospreys/ In my favorites, I already have it on the Ospreys. They will not return until close to April. Their nest is the pair who fostered two chicks last year when their eggs failed to hatch. On a daily basis, I currently view about 4 eagle nests, Great Horned owls, including a nest in captivity. The adults each are blind in one eye. Also, the Chesapeake Conservancy Peregrine site. The adults winter there in Maryland, staying put and showing up often during the day.

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Very cute poem. Thanks for sharing, gemcity.

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I wanted to share this poem composed by the Maine Osprey posters for the Maryland Osprey (Chesapeake Conservancy) nest posters/site after an eagle stole their eggs. It is humorous and heartwarming. 



http://www.chesapeakeconservancy.org/poem-from-hog-island

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Facebook post and photo from the Chesapeake Conservancy.

"Wow! Just reviewed our stats and learned that since January 1, 2015, there have been more than one million visits to the osprey webcam and nearly 700,000 to the peregrine webcam which was launched in March. Even the Nielsen ratings would be impressed! Thanks for watching!"

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/s526x395/11846629_1033121366707575_4259411908254345651_n.jpg?oh=3482baf10b8fd6ea992172ac78e5fee8&oe=56452B77

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Currently, only ET and the glove in the nest.

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One fledgling had a mishap and lost altitude and came to rest on a bridge.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/ph-ac-cn-osprey-rescue-0807-20150807-story.html

Just looked at the cam and this article is not about Maine or Montana. They are being fed by Audrey with ET on the edge of the nest.

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We've had liftoff!
Montana just Fledged, she flew all around the nest, Maine was watching the whole thing, I think she circled a couple times and then landed back on the nest!

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Audrey in the water fishing. Copied from their FB site.

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/s480x480/11811336_724997030960930_5981056944305138566_n.jpg?oh=b1a36a3cf6c544aae336364cd3fe6930&oe=5649D64B