Hello everyone,
Spring has returned (kind of!) and we are fortunate to have been able to watch the ospreys rebuild a nest platform that was seriously damaged over the winter. Their work to bring in sticks and grasses culminated with the female laying an egg in the nest bowl earlier this week. The egg was laid between 3:30 pm on Sunday and 10:30 am on Tuesday morning. We will have to keep a close watch for additional eggs over the next few days. Good luck to the ospreys as they work to keep the egg protected from the cool damp weather.
Thanks for all the posts. For more frequent details and to catch up with what has happened at the nest please visit BRI's online community.
Have a great day!
Patrick Keenan
BioDiversity Research Institute
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So what about the commenter who mentioned they thought the nest pole has moved as of Nov 2010? Whats up?
Thanks for adding a new entry to the poor osprey blog....I'm still waiting for Wing to finish the story he started back in the entry of May 2008 about the female being injured? and the chick being raised in captivity before release? You guys throw these stories out here and don't follow up; I remember and I'm still curious.
Osprey lover in 2011
and haveing to ( join) sign up to a blog, to find out whats happening??? What wrong with the blog thats here ? Glad to see BRI has finally , written something here.. But it took TEN MONTHS !!!!???? Of course !!! this is not an eagle or a loon nest.. so must not be that important, for bri to waste time or words on......
I see a second egg at 8p.m. Friday...Earth day , the 22nd.
J. in S.P.ME
Third egg Monday 4/25 a.m.
yes there are 3 eggs in the nest
Sitting patiently on three eggs. Hatch date might be......?
WEB cam is not working.. looks like its froxen, agaon
web cam still not working
Cam still broken
cam offline, again
web cam still off line....no update since April 20th, 2011...shamefull.
5/25 the fog is finally clearing and we have a good view of the nest - and there's still an osprey sitting! The eggs should be hatching within days now.
J in S.P.ME
web cam cover ? is fogged up.. the parent osprey has been on and off the eggs many time today ( thursday,26,2011 ) hard to see the eggs, and hopefully the eggs will hatch dureing the next few days.
Hey Guys Do you think that there is something wrong with the eggs? It has been a long time since the first egg? No cameral today. My students having been watching daily for these eggs to begin hatching. any thoughts from Biodiversity would be helpful to keep the students watching.
offline again !!! It would be nice , if bri , at least posted an update, or 2 .. for this osprey nest..
Tho think that any updates will not be posted, as the bri staff are way to busy , in other states..helping wildlife, there, and not in Maine..it has been it has been over 50 days since the ospreys laid their eggs.. looks like no hatching this year
web cam is still offline....
My students are very disappointed that this has not been online all week. The eggs will have hatched by now and we did not get to see it. Very disappointing. I have emailed you folks and left blog comments yet you do not respond.
This is exactly the kind of project that I would personally support with financial contributions but not if you don't respond to the blog. your organization is too inconsistent.
well looks like bri has failed to care and or do anyting, for this nest site, and blog..even students and teacheers, are upset , that bri can`t get any info on this osprey nest , and a non working web cam..but leting school chrildren down , is just mean, and low !!!!!!!!!!!
web cam still OFFLINE
still broken!!!
guessing that this web cam is offline for this years osprey nest...would be nice if bri would at least say something on this blog..like if the eggs hatched ?? the eggs did not hatch?
Thank you BRI !! for getting this web cam back online !! and 2 osprey chicks have hatched !!!
6/13 brings sadness to our osprey lovers as it appears that all the chicks have met an untimely demise. So sorry.
J in S.P.ME
well BRI , has failed to update this blog.. at least we got to watch a few days of the chicks , before nature took them.we did have severe weather the past few weeks..and it was chilly..Perhaps next year will be , more lucky. And BRI will get its ACT together, and hire people, who will update the reg blog page, and not the one where we have to sign up !!!!
Signing up is no big deal.....I spend very little time on computers and I was leary at first but I did it and it's been fine....it's a community of people who love birds and nature and we help each other learn things when BRI is nowhere to be found.
I too get so very discouraged when they are not here talking with us especially when it seems that there are teachable moments, but I try to remember that the webcams are not a priority in their business.
I too wish there was a person there who checked the cams and all the blogs every day and made response when necessary; it doesn't seem like it'd take more than 10 minutes....but that's my wish and not reality.
I am at least gratified that I have so many friends on the Ning board, which I signed up to see and talk on (use a nickname if you want to remain anonymous), who can support my love of nature, help teach with various links to information and be there for me in ways I never could imagine.
So while the above blogger is so upset, know that a bunch of us are as well and it doesn't do any good to stew in it! Come over and sign up - it's pretty quiet now, but people there are good and they may just make life a little nicer for you.
J. in S.P.ME
any one know what happened , to the chicks ? perhaps the cold and wet weather .. was what caused the chicks to not make it ??
Good post.
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