COLUMBUS, OH Osprey Nest ~ 2016-2017

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12732

I really hate to hear about the weather coming here tonight! Several years ago we went through 74-75 mph windstorm and I remember after the storm when you went out into the neighborhood the houses and property on the corners of the block sustained the most damage as the winds whipped around the corners toward clearer space. Three years ago I lived in an area that received 120 mph winds and my knees shook together for the 1st time in my life as I did not understand what was going on, ( at first I thought it was a tornado, but it lasted what seemed like 15-20' and I knew it couldn't be) but realized the potential. Every few minutes you could feel the wind pick up a notch more in speed as it blasted your house. After the storm I went out into the neighborhood along with all who lived in the area and saw trees that had been uprooted, limbs everywhere, green leaves plastered to whole walls of a building, outbuildings sitting askew, whole roofs, siding, etc in the middle of the street! And for the first time in my life I learned about "wet macrobursts" storms. The scary part with these windstorms is not only are the winds strong, but the action is sustained! And when you look out the window into a wet macroburst, all you see is a bright, white, light as objects are not visible when rain is moving horizontal at that speed!

I am concerned too about this nest in it's location and Spark, Durand and their juvies! And to all people and wildlife, Please stay safe!

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12732

With the red light flashing here, we will see the effect that strong winds have on a nest, unless there is a power outage ... Also, I wonder if the storm coming in has caused them to build up the nest as it seems to have newly added materials immediately to the right of the nest bowl that mom can brace into hopefully ... and maybe that horizontal bar we all hate will hold her in if the wind comes from the opposite direction ...

Beth · **Posted:** Wed Jun 22, 2016 8:25 pm

Lets hope Mom hunkers down for the night and the family stays safe...
I will worry about this all evening :(

Beth · **Posted:** Wed Jun 22, 2016 8:40 pm

Wish Mom and Dad could load up on food (today) so we won't have to worry
about feeding tomorrow...

Be safe M & D and babies...

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12732

I know one "real whopper" was brought in today that parents and kids fed on!

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12732

One chick just came out from under Mom's breast that she made go back under and covered it up! :egg19:

Beth · **Posted:** Wed Jun 22, 2016 8:54 pm

Wish the "O's" do what the Eagles (I have seen the Eagles do).
Both on the nest so they shelter each other and babies.

Nite to all and will check in (if I can)

Yay for Mom Swinwk ( :attention:

)

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:18 pm **Posts:** 64413

well darn...this is all I got...cam's not pointed at the nest!!

Johnisaly · **Posted:** Wed Jun 22, 2016 10:45 pm

The updated forecast projects the worst of it will hit the nest area from 2:00 to 5:00 AM. They are also saying hail is possible. Hopefully that doesn’t enter the mix. Hail would be ugly. These weather guys are wrong much of the time. Maybe this will be another case of that. I just hope they will swing the camera back onto the nest. That skyline view is worthless to them at night.
:popc:

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12732

I know they are concerned for the people and want to give them the best coverage possible for safety. Lightning will light up an approaching tornado, but isn't the nest cam northwest of the Rhodes which is the direction the storms are coming from? If that's the case won't they approach from the skies the nest view shows? I agree that you can not tell anything from this angle. The nest and maybe the trees around the water would @ least show the strength of the wind.

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12732

Thanks sky, maybe on another night ... a nice flashing red video featuring the Columbus Osprey! :teehee:

Johnisaly · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2016 12:11 am

SWINWK - The answer is yes to all your points. The view they are showing is towards the NW, which is the direction the storm is approaching from. To show the nest, they would jog the camera to the west (left) and down. But I have idea we won’t see that nest (or what’s left of it) until daylight.
:popc:

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12732

They are showing Mom and she looks okay. The rain is red! She is laying low! They wanted to see how she was doing ... scanning the sky now! And the cam has a wiper blade. I have the sound on from the Rhodes Tower and the screen showing is from the ABC 6 tv station tower cam.

Johnisaly · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:30 am

4:25 AM - The worst of the storm is over. It was really intense between 3:00 & 4:00 am. We are supposed to have thunderstorms for the remainder of the day; but just the usual kind. I called the station and asked them to do a wellness check on the birds. They did a very quick swing of the cam to the nest, then back to the sky. Mom was OK. I hope she had 2 kids under her. No word on Dad yet.

Beth · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2016 5:26 am

Wow-we had a crazy hour between 3:00 and 4:00.

Tornado warnings for our area...

Wild wind, ton of rain is a short period of time.

>thanks for calling the station Johnisaly!

Beth · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2016 5:41 am

Wish they would turn the cam back to the nest...

Beth · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2016 6:24 am

I see babies!!
Looking good :5val:

bonbon · **Joined:** Thu May 21, 2015 7:04 pm **Posts:** 2210

SWINWK wrote:

I really hate to hear about the weather coming here tonight! Several years ago we went through 74-75 mph windstorm and I remember after the storm when you went out into the neighborhood the houses and property on the corners of the block sustained the most damage as the winds whipped around the corners toward clearer space. Three years ago I lived in an area that received 120 mph winds and my knees shook together for the 1st time in my life as I did not understand what was going on, ( at first I thought it was a tornado, but it lasted what seemed like 15-20' and I knew it couldn't be) but realized the potential. Every few minutes you could feel the wind pick up a notch more in speed as it blasted your house. After the storm I went out into the neighborhood along with all who lived in the area and saw trees that had been uprooted, limbs everywhere, green leaves plastered to whole walls of a building, outbuildings sitting askew, whole roofs, siding, etc in the middle of the street! And for the first time in my life I learned about "wet macrobursts" storms. The scary part with these windstorms is not only are the winds strong, but the action is sustained! And when you look out the window into a wet macroburst, all you see is a bright, white, light as objects are not visible when rain is moving horizontal at that speed!

I am concerned too about this nest in it's location and Spark, Durand and their juvies! And to all people and wildlife, Please stay safe!

Beth wrote:

Wish they would turn the cam back to the nest...

7:25am Chicks are being fed - They look Great!
(PB is down for maintenance.)

Swin, your description reminds me of the 'derecho' (sp?) we had a few years ago here (Maryland). It was horrible and came out of nowhere! We lost power for over a week! I love the summertime... even the heat, but these old nerves hate the summer storms.

Beth · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2016 6:31 am

bonbon · **Joined:** Thu May 21, 2015 7:04 pm **Posts:** 2210

7:29am
(PB lied!)

Beautiful Chicks!

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