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 Post subject: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2015
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Iris is sitting on the nest platform watching what is happening down the river. She doesn't seemed bothered by the rain. The oil that her uropygial gland produces waterproofs her feathers.
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Hi everyone!
As promised, Anne Bettinger has opened the place to put down your guess as to when Stan will return to the Hellgate nest. Click on the following link or picture below and it will take you to where to submit your date guess and your name. If you forget to put in either a date or your name, it will be deleted. Only one guess per person. Poll will close on April 27th unless Stan returns prior to that. Good luck!!! Winners get bragging rights!!!
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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2015
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Say hello to Harriet's handsome new mate. With permission from Heiko Langer who was instrumental in getting Dunrovin's web camera operating, we are naming Harriet's new mate Heiko. This bird has BIG talons to fill in replacing Ozzie and a BIG name to live up to. We will all cheer him on and welcome him to the Dunrovin nest! Heiko and Harriet make a very handsome pair. Both names are of German descent and mean "home leader" - very appropriate!


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Hi all!!!!!
Stanley is back!!!! The wonky primary feather in his right wing never lies! He is looking in good shape, and it is really interesting to watch Iris's and Staley's behavior. Just after he landed on the nest, they both appeared to be shy and submissive. They have not seen each other for just about 8 months. It will be interesting to watch how they interact the next few days as they renew their pair bond!
Iris does not have any eggs in the nest already like she did in previous years. So I suspect that they will get down to business pretty quickly!



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The "shyness" and submissiveness that Stanley and Iris were displaying lasted all of about 15 minutes! Stanley has already thrown himself into bringing in nest lining and rearranging the furniture. Interior decorating was always one of his strong suits

short clip of the return of Iris's mate Stanley


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This morning Heiko gave me the chance to caress him with the camera. He is a VERY handsome bird: http://www.daysatdunrovin.com/2015/04/2 ... -handsome/


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Concern and sadness settle over the Dunrovin nest. After a flurry of intruder activity early this morning, Heiko has not been seen and Harriet is not calling for him. Is Harriet a window yet again? Here's a slowmo video of this morning's attacks at the nest:

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OK - I am delighted to say that I am eating crow pie for dinner - HEIKO is BACK!


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Here is a video clip of Iris laying her first egg this morning!

Iris Lays First Egg, Stan's Arrival (at about 6')


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My, Oh My! What a weekend at the Dunrovin nest. It looks like we may have a new guy in town. Heiko has not been seen for some time and this handsome guy is moving right in. Earlier today while I was out in the horse arena, I saw four different ospreys flying around and above the nest while Harriet was chirping. It's nice to have lots of suitors, but this is a little out of hand. She now has two eggs and if this guys stays around, they are likely to be tossed so he can start again. I am making some videos of all the action, but I can hardly keep up. I hope to be able to post tomorrow. Stay tuned!

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Chaos reigned! May Day arrived at the Dunrovin nest with a flock of suitors for Harriet – but too many suitors is not necessarily a good thing in the osprey dating game. Heiko continually revealed his inexperience. He was unable to position his body to sit on two eggs after Harriet laid the second on May 2, 2015; he disappeared for long periods of time; and he was very inconsistent in bringing Harriet fish................


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........ I have some good news though! Iris has laid a third egg. Looks like it was laid early this morning.


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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2015
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Hellgate Canyon osprey being monitored for mercury exposure
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University of Montana Wildlife Biology Professor Erick Greene leads the long term study of the Hellgate Canyon osprey. Greene says the female osprey, Iris, has called this site home since 2007..........Greene says high mercury levels in the Clark Fork river stem from Flint Creek, and is due to gold and silver mining that happened in Phillipsburg over 100 years ago, and is still present in the river today. But this is not the only threat to the Osprey..........Greene says the osprey have three eggs that are set to hatch within the next two weeks.


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We are trying some new ways to broadcast our web camera which means that the link from UM Project Osprey no longer functions. It is complicated to explain, but we are unable to maintain more than one site while we work to improve our broadcast. Free viewing of the Dunrovin web cameras will always be available at www.DaysAtDunrovin.com.
Meanwhile, Harriet is still intermittently caring for her one egg in spite of having to feed herself much of the time. Hal seems to be better at bringing horse apples than fish to the nest

:clap: webcam here http://www.daysatdunrovin.com/


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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2015
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Osprey eggs damaged in hailstorm
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People weren't the only ones affected by Sunday's hail storm; it also hit two of Missoula's resident ospreys, Stanley and Iris. The birds are world famous because of a webcam pointed at their nest in Hellgate Canyon.

This year Iris laid three eggs, but one of those eggs was damaged, and another one was destroyed by the hail.

The good news is that there are still two surviving eggs, and because osprey live long lives and lay eggs most years, Stanly and Iris' family will be OK.

"As long as one of the eggs survives and fledges and goes off to reproduce and start its own family, that's really, really good," said Montana Osprey Project social media coordinator Jamie Dunn. "That's what we're hoping for, that at least of those eggs that are still in the nest will hatch and grow up into little osprey chicks."

Dunn says Stanley and Iris' eggs were laid at the end of April and early May. Osprey eggs take about a month to incubate, which means they should hatch any day.

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A hail storm hit Missoula, Montana at 6:50PM, Sunday 31 May. Both Montana Osprey Cams Stan and Iris were on the nest during the hail. Unfortunately at least one egg appeared to be exposed during the storm.
On the morning of June 1 one egg was badly damaged and did not survive. The embryo was removed by the parents. A second egg is cracked, but may still be viable and the third egg does not appear to be damaged.

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All osprey eggs confirmed lost after severe Missoula storm

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A local tragedy that's not only affecting people in Missoula, but people around the world as well.

Iris and Stanley, the Hellgate Osprey who survived Sunday's brutal hail storm, will not have any chicks this year after their three eggs were damaged in the severe weather.

It's a sight that upset many people around the world - the iconic Hellgate ospreys, Iris and Stanley, getting pelted by a hail storm on Sunday. The birds tried desperately to protect their three eggs, but it would be all for not.

The third and final egg was discarded on Wednesday, leaving Iris and Stanley without any children this breeding season.

"In thirty years of studying Ospreys, I've never seen anything like this. The hail was so intense and they both hunkered down, but the hail was basically coming in sideways, and pretty good, quarter-size chunks," explained University of Montana wildlife professor Erirck Greene.

The tragedy was captured by the high resolution camera set up on the nest, which sits on a post along Hellgate Canyon near the Riverside Health Center. The live stream of the Ospreys is watched around the world.

This is their first baby-less breeding season after five years of success, but Greene pointed out there's plenty of time for them to have more chicks.

"Ospreys live quite a while, and they tend to mate for life. They can live ten, fifteen years and they're built to handle year to year bumps in the road," he said.

Greene added that there won't be any changes made to Iris and Stanley's living conditions. They could put a something over the top of the nest to protect them, but Ospreys don't really like that.

"If we did put stuff over the top of the nest, they'd probably be much less likely to nest here, so this is what ospreys like, this has been a really good platform and this was kind of a freak occurrence," Greene concluded.

This time around may have been a bust, but Iris and Stanley are going to continue to live up there, and hope for a better breeding season next year.

Greene will be hosting a live question and answer session on the Montana Osprey Facebook Page from noon until 1 p.m. on Friday.
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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2015
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Hello everyone,
So the ospreys that are building a nest on one Washington Grizzly Stadium lights are Stanley and Iris. Although they are not in danger now, this is not a good long term place for them to nest: the nest is right on top of very hot lights that could start the nest on fire (not used now), and there are electrical wires underneath. So although there is no immediate danger, this is not a good place for them. Once they migrate, folks from the University of Montana grounds crew will go up in a really really really tall bucket truck and remove the sticks.
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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2015
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Hi all,
Rapunzel update!
Many of you have been following the amazing saga of Rapunzel during the past three years. But here is a quick update and reminder for others. Rapunzel is a female Osprey born near Lolo, Montana on the MPG Ranch (http://mpgranch.com/) in the summer of 2012. My colleagues Rob Domenech, Adam Shreading, and Tyler Veto (from Raptor View Research Institute) put a satellite transmitter on her when she was a nestling. This solar-powered backpack sends her exact location up to a satellite every hour during the daylight hours. The satellite then sends us these data, so we know exactly where Rapunzel has been every hour for the past three years.
During her first migration, she made her way south by herself, eventually settling in Freeport, Texas (after some adventures through Oklahoma). She spent the next year near Freeport, often roosting at night near the Dow Chemical Refinery or the oil refineries. Last summer, when she was two years old, she headed north for the first time. She ended up in Alberta, Canada, but spent the summer making epic road trips all across the North West. She logged about 7,000 miles in her road trips that summer as she traveled in big loops across Alberta, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, always returning to the same ranch house in Alberta! She did not breed that summer, and headed back down to spend last winter in the exact same spot in Freeport, Texas.
This spring Rapunzel headed north in May, and instead of going back up to Alberta, she spent a lot of the spring in Montana to the east of Missoula. She seemed to settle in an area in a remote area of the Sapphire Mountains about 50 miles to the southeast of Missoula. In early June we were worried that she had died – the signal from her satellite transmitter indicated that she had stopped moving. When an animal stops moving for many days this usually means it died. However, in Rapunzel’s case it means that she was incubating eggs!
On Tuesday this week (14 July 2015) a small group of us made a 6 hour expedition in to see Rapunzel. Tyler Veto (raptor biologist with RVRI), Dylan MacArthur-Waltz (high school student), Dalit Guscio (with our Montana Osprey Project), Bill Munoz (photographer) and I headed down to see if we could spot Rapunzel. We went as far as we could on mountain dirt roads, and then hiked in along a spectacular creek. A lot of the woods are very dense “dog hair” lodge pole pine forests. Lodge pole pines are what telephone poles are made from, and they can grow in very dense groves that make hiking difficult. We got to a beautiful meadow along the creek, and high on a ridge overhead we saw a huge Osprey nest. There was an Osprey sitting next to it, and we scrambled to get our telescope focused on it. When the antennae and small backpack came into focus we knew it was Rapunzel!! Much laughter and rejoicing ensued!! Rapunzel’s mate showed up and they went off fishing along the creek. We hiked up the ridge, and the nest is in a huge dead Douglas fir tree.
Tyler Veto was especially moved by this experience. He made the custom harness to hold the transmitter out of kangaroo leather (which is exceptionally strong and light) and expandable cords. Attached is a picture of the sort of satellite transmitter we use. You can see the solar panel that recharges the battery and allows it to last so long. The entire rig weighs only as much as 6 quarters – a pretty light load for an Osprey.
So Rapunzel is alive and doing well with her new mate. More information to follow as we follow her adventure.
Cheers, Erick Greene


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Hi all,
Most of you have been noticing that Iris and Stanley have been building another big nest on the top of the tall lights at the University of Montana Stadium just across the river. This is pretty typical of Ospreys - they often build several nests, especially after one fails.
This new nest is starting to pose quite a problem. Sticks from this new nest has been falling and almost hitting people and cars below. Some of these sticks are really big, and by the time they fall 120 feet they are really moving. The sticks have not hit anyone yet, but they could injure someone really badly if they did. The area underneath the nest is pretty busy, and there are summer camps going on now at the University of Montana with kids using this area. The electricians are also worried about the heavy nest up on top of the light standard.
We were going to wait until after Iris and Stanley migrated south to remove the nest. But the nest is starting to be pretty dangerous to people underneath. So to be safe the university decided to remove it next week before someone is hurt. The university had to rent a special lift to get us up 120 feet. Right now the plan is to remove the nest next Tuesday afternoon. The campus police will help reroute traffic and people during the operation. It also requires special permits to do this. We have the appropriate federal, state and university animal care permits to do this. This nest is also not considered active since there are no eggs or chicks in it.
I still fully expect Iris and Stanley to stick around, and return next spring to their old nest.
I will let you know of the exact time we expect to be doing this, and you will be able to watch it on the Osprey nest camera.
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While we certainly miss the fun and excitement of chicks at the nest this year - it has been a summer for learning:


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Hellgate: A wildfire in the hills north of the nest and stadium yesterday (August 14)

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Today some birds in view; lots of Sparrows on and in the nest

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And finally . . . an Osprey fly-by ! :hapdance:
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