DUNEDIN OSPREY CAM, FLORIDA~2010

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:18 pm **Posts:** 64480

It sure does...thanks for bringing it over, PattiO...

Jazzel26 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:09 am **Posts:** 2586

skygirlblue wrote:

It sure does...thanks for bringing it over, PattiO...

Great nest coverage by all BCAW team :sfyea:

Passing along email from Sparky Jones, w/my reply.

On Jan 9, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Sparky Jones wrote:

Well it has been confirmed that our Osprey couple has at least two eggs!!!
The weather tonight is going to be below freezing in Dunedin Florida. Be sure to check on the couple tomorrow morning via live streaming.
By the way, this picture was forwarded from a bird watcher in Finland. http://www.DunedinOspreyCam.com is on many national and international bird watching sites.

confirmed two eggs 1/8/10

Sparky

Hi, Sparky Jones

Thanks for the nest update.

Who do we credit in Finland for the pic you posted??

FYI: CAPE CORAL, FL should have eggs the last week in January (- :

Linda

Ploughboy · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:13 am

PattiO wrote:

Thanks SGB! Nice pics! JudyB on Maine caught this pic the other day, same time as Kitten's pic above ... sure looks like 3 eggs to me!!

Excellent catch PattiO & JudyB,,,,

....... I agree that there are 3 eggs

Does anybody sent these PattiO's pics to Sparky Jones?

PattiO · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:52 pm

I just sent Sparky an email through the forum to let him know about the picture but I couldn't attach the picture...?

PS - very windy at the nest right now....temp. is 43, wind chill is 37 ... winds at 17 mph.

Jazzel26 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:09 am **Posts:** 2586

PattiO wrote:

I just sent Sparky an email through the forum to let him know about the picture but I couldn't attach the picture...?

PS - very windy at the nest right now....temp. is 43, wind chill is 37 ... winds at 17 mph.

PATTI, thanks for the weather update :loveheart2:

Ploughboy and Patti, I believe Sparky can come to the forums to view pics :grin:

JAZZEL

Ploughboy · **Posted:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:55 am

Quite chilly morning...

32°F (Feels Like 26°F), Wind:From NE at 6 mph, Sunny
Jan 11 07:25 a.m. ET

It is good to have a very warm trousers

2010-01-11 08:53 ET

2010-01-11 09:03 ET

Jazzel26 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:09 am **Posts:** 2586

Ploughboy, great pics and caps :thumbup

JAZZEL

Beth · **Posted:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:56 am

Ploughboy, wonderful pics!

Ploughboy · **Posted:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:32 pm

Weather starts to warm up slowly

5 Day Weather Forecast for Dunedin,FL

PattiO · **Posted:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:36 pm

I reallllly think we have 3 eggs there! :grin:

It's 34 right now ... but it's suppose to get up to 58 tomorrow!! Now I could really use that!

Ploughboy · **Posted:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:06 am

38°F (Feels Like 35°F), Wind:From SSW at 5 mph, Mostly Cloudy
Jan 12 07:25 a.m. ET

07:33

07:40

07:41

... All three eggs are visible

Beth · **Posted:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:12 am

Thanks Ploughboy!

Jazzel26 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:09 am **Posts:** 2586

PLOUGHBOY

JAZZEL

MaryG · **Posted:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:09 am

Terrific news about 3 eggs! So glad they are snuggled deep into the nest with this horrible cold weather. Mama knows best... :cheer

Again, thinking about our osprey friends who nest in Finland. Remember our KOO (R.I.P. beautiful girl)? The Finland osprey deal with the cold weather, especially in the spring, and seem to know exactly how to handle it. I'd say the same holds true in Dunedin. Nature is a whole lot smarter than we sometimes realize, IMO.

Ploughboy · **Posted:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:38 am

Jazzel26 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:09 am **Posts:** 2586

PLOUGHBOY, again great pics and caps :laugh2

JAZZEL

PattiO · **Posted:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:05 pm

Hahaha....cute Ploughboy!!

Jazzel26 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:09 am **Posts:** 2586

PATTI, nice pics....and the stick is still there :shock:

JAZZEL

Beth · **Posted:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:01 am

Lisa (Blackwater webmaster) posted this comment on a Osprey message board...

I (Lisa) wrote the folks we know at the Dunedin Osprey Cam, to ask if the ospreys (which are sitting on at least two eggs) were having any trouble finding fish, since I know fish go deeper in cold weather.

Barb at Dunedin wrote back:

They do go deeper in colder weather and they go deeper in super hot weather too. Any extreme weather has potential to affect the food chain for the Ospreys. We saw that with all the emaciation this year when we had extreme heat and heavy, relentless rains in June and July.

They (the Dunedin ospreys) probably aren't having trouble catching fish and are just out of camera range. We have tilapia here that freezes and floats to the top. Sometimes we get reports of large numbers of osprey, vultures and bald eagles taking the easy pickings in a particular lake or pond in the winter time.

Jazzel26 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:09 am **Posts:** 2586

Thanks Beth, that's good news :grin:

Hum...fishsicles, yum :laugh2

JAZZEL

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