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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2019 - 2021
PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2021 4:56 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2019 - 2021
PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2021 11:54 am 
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Iris and Louis returned today 9:14:52... and mated


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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2019 - 2022
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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2019 - 2022
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https://www.facebook.com/Montana-Osprey ... 613556909/

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Hi folks,
Ospreys are back in the Missoula valley!
Starr, the female at the baseball nest (just about a mile down river from the Hellgate nest),
arrived back on Wednesday morning (30 March) about 10 AM.
For several years she has been one of the first Ospreys
to return in the Missoula valley - usually about 26-30 March.
There was a goose excluder on the nest, and the good folks at Missoula Parks
and Recreation took off the goose excluder immediately.
Starr jumped right back on her nest, and also started bringing in sticks for some interior decorating.

Still hoping that Iris survived the winter and returns to the Hellgate nest.
Fingers crossed! Erick Greene and the Osprey Team

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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2019 - 2022
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Hellgate, MT: The stall guard in awaiting of Iris

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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2019 - 2022
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Thanks Ferenz, fingers crossed for our Iris!!

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:10sum: :CLAPS: :eggthumb: :loveshow: :penguin: :eastergirl:

Our girl is back!!
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Queen Iris Osprey who is 26 is home!!
Hellgate Osprey
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Fantastic news! Iris, perhaps the world's oldest known breeding Osprey,
has returned once again to her nest site in Hellgate Canyon.


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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2019 - 2022
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Great relief, fantastic that she did come home again!
Queen Iris, perhaps the world's oldest known breeding Osprey.


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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2019 - 2022
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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2019 - 2022
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Hellgate, MT: Iris & Louis

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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2019 - 2022
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Interesting....
Facebook post from Dr. Eric
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Hi everyone,
We know there is a lot of angst about Iris, and Louis' behavior with her. Louis has mated with her the last several years without sticking around and help feed her. A single osprey can't raise chicks on her own, so Iris' breeding attempts have failed the last few years.
Although it is easy to get mad at Louis, and think about his behavior in human terms, some more important questions are why is this happening, and why aren't there unattached males trying to pair up with Iris?
We suspect the underlying reasons have to do with osprey population declines along parts of the Clark Fork River. For the past several breeding seasons we have been concerned by a 60-70% decline in successful nests in areas that have traditionally done pretty well. In ospreys, as with most birds, young males tend to return to breed fairly close to where they were born, while young females tend to disperse farther from their natal areas. So declining osprey populations near Iris' nest means that there is not a good supply of unattached, available males. If there were, Iris would have had a new mate quite a while ago.
So then the question becomes why are we seeing declining osprey populations in some stretches of the Clark Fork River? We are not sure, but we suspect that several things, all human-caused, may be playing a role: 1) Climate change is here. The rivers here are becoming very low and hot during the summer. Many of the species of trout that ospreys feed on are in trouble. So declining food supplies may be part of the problem. 2) In some areas of the Clark Fork the remaining fish are high in arsenic and mercury - very toxic elements. 3) Baling twine and monofilament fishing line. These dangerous twines and fishing lines tangle up and kill A LOT of ospreys. Already this spring we have been involved in too many rescues! (More on that in another post).
So although it is easy to make Louis the scapegoat in all this, the underlying causes most likely have more to do with how humans are changing the environment around here in ways that are harming ospreys. If you want to find out more about our thoughts on this, and see some of our data that back up our thoughts, please watch the lecture that Rob Domenech and I gave earlier this month. A youtube link to the talk is posted below.
Possibly not the news you wanted to hear, but it is important to understand some of the reasons that we are seeing what we are seeing with Iris.

Sincerely, Erick Greene and the Montana Osprey Project

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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2019 - 2022
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:15heartbeat: Iris laid her 1st egg today:

"Iris Lays First Egg of 2022 at Hellgate Canyon, May 3, 2022 | Cornell Lab | Montana Osprey Project"


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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2019 - 2022
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2nd egg for Iris...


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15:14:36, 5/6 Congrats, Iris... :newegg: :newegg:

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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2019 - 2022
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18:33, 5/17 The Raven returned and lifted the egg. He pecked it and ate the contents.
Another raven came & also ate some contents. The broken shell remains in the nest.
#HellgateOsprey

https://forum.hancockwildlife.org/downl ... 095437&t=1

So sad to see that Iris' incubating game is over...

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Thanks Ferenz, I was watching at the same time as you!!


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:15heartbeat: So sorry to hear this news.


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 Post subject: Re: DUNROVIN & HELLGATE, MT~2019 - 2022
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:7val: Just drop dead gorgeous capture, Beth!!


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