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Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:10 pm **Posts:** 6607

June 1

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Sad news from the Crazy Osprey Family who have confirmed there is only one chick in the nest this morning. They will try to review the footage for us to see what happened. Speculation from Dr. Bieregaard includes the possibility that it may have been a great horned owl.

fb cynthia posted -
last night around 10 pm Audrey was screaming so loud standing on the edge of her nest with her wings unfurled but flapping held away from her sides and looking intently at the center of the nest as if she was begging her little one to come back!

bon, I guess that shows we can NEVER take 'TOO MANY' pics, cuz we never know .... :egg10:

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

OH NO...I just read this on FB...and here's more info..

Crazy Osprey Man reviewed the footage from last night and provided the following report:

9:48:10 pm Audrey, (I believe) is sitting on nest facing south, nothing unusual
9:48:12 pm a large bird (perhaps an owl?) in flight, so image is blurred, approaching from the north, knocks Audrey from nest, she struggles to hold on to side of nest and is able to pull herself back into nest.
9:48:22 Audrey looks into nest and immediately appears to realize something is wrong
9:48:24 Audrey stands on side of nest, wings partially spread and continues to look around and starts squawking (Where are you Tom??) Tom does not appear
9:49 Movement in nest from one chick
9:53 Audrey still looking into nest and around the area
9:59 Audrey settles back into nest

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

From Ches Conserv., FB:
https://www.facebook.com/ChesapeakeCons ... =3&theater
Meet "Roger" - a Tommy Bahama model by day, protector of osprey chicks by night!
At the suggestion of Craig Koppie, USFWS raptor biologist, Crazy Osprey Man built Roger and placed him at the beginning of the dock. COM also changed the settings on the infrared camera so that it will remain on all night.
Please note that if a predator is seen overnight, the Crazy Osprey Family will likely be sleeping and even if they are awake, would not be able to get out of the house, through the yard and to the end of the dock in time to shoo it away.
Let's hope handsome Roger does a good job! Thank you Crazy Osprey Man and Craig Koppie!

Beth · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:30 am

So sorry I have been behind on all the Osprey nests.

Sad about little one.
GHO are fierce.

Many thanks bb for all the coverage/news/pics!

Yay for Roger!!

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

Oh no, I just found out. It is taking a long time to catch up on all the nests I watch. It seems eagles get injuries, falcon juvies have trouble with fledge and osprey have their babes taken as prey ... year after year ... :cryinggirl:

loza · **Posted:** Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:28 am

06/03 18.24 Mom with ONE CHICK. Mom calls :15heartbeat:

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

Posted on FB at approx. 7:00pm yesterday:

This just in from the Crazy Osprey Family...

At about 6:15pm today, Audrey broke into the 3rd egg and consumed some of the contents and set egg shell to side of nest.

On Loza's video, you can see the egg shell at the top right on the nest.

Beth · **Posted:** Fri Jun 03, 2016 7:41 am

Thanks bb...
I was thinking that if the 3rd egg hatched - it would not be
fair for the little one- #1 would not be kind.
>to many days apart...

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

Beth wrote:

Thanks bb...
I was thinking that if the 3rd egg hatched - it would not be
fair for the little one- #1 would not be kind.
>to many days apart...

Beth,

I was worried about that, too.
I wonder if the egg was damaged during the predator attack - and that's how Audrey knew that it wasn't viable. Uta indicated that the contents of the egg didn't look like a chick/embryo.

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

Feed in progress.

loza · **Posted:** Sat Jun 04, 2016 2:28 pm

06/04 14.03 Lunch with Mom . Dad watches :15heartbeat:

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

6:16am

Audrey feeds the little one, Tom cleans his beak:

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

5:53pm
Tom just brought in a big live one!

Beth · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2016 5:13 pm

Little one is growing like a weed!! :15heartbeat:

Ferenz · **Posted:** Tue Jun 07, 2016 12:40 pm

loza · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2016 2:56 pm

06/09 13.43 :egg19:

Mom shouts. Lunch time

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

Thanks, Loza!

Uta posted on FB that there was another attack on the nest on June 2:
Video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZMnQYIobXI

Audrey was awake and definitely knew that Something Was Not Right, before it happened. Thankfully, everything is OK...

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

From Uta's live fish delivery video 6-9-16.
I've been trying to get a picture of this little osplet - I do think it's one of the cutest little things I've ever seen. Check out his head: it looks like he has on a little beanie or yarmulke or, as Uta says, "monk's head."

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

loza · **Posted:** Sun Jun 12, 2016 3:35 pm

06/12 16.13 Dinner :egg19:

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