A Second Osprey Nestling Hatches At Hellgate Nest! - June 17, 2024
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- Who do we have here? Iris and Finnegan's second chick hatched overnight at the Hellgate Osprey nest after 36 days of incubation! Get the first peek at the chick over the nest railing in this clip from the morning of June 17. The second hatchling arrived 5 days after its elder sibling, and we'll be watching the duo grow together over the next two months!
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This Osprey nest is at the mouth of the spectacular Hellgate Canyon at the edge of Missoula, Montana. It’s in a very busy location, right outside the Riverside Health Care Center and next to busy parking lots, a construction site, a busy highway, and a railroad. However, it’s also an ideal location in many ways, since these Ospreys have riverfront property only about 50 feet from the Clark Fork River. Being so close to people does not bother them, and hundreds of people enjoy watching them every day.
The female Osprey at this nest is called Iris because she has very distinctive spots on her iris, especially in her left eye. These iris patterns serve as individual barcodes and allow us to identify her. She has nested at this site for many years. Her mate of many years, Stanley, did not return in 2016, and she attempted to breed with a new male dubbed "Louis" after an influential local Salish elder named Louis Adams (for more info: missoulian.com/news/local/new-...)
After a single year of successful breeding with Louis in 2017, Iris went through several years of unsuccessful attempts as Louis paired up with another female a little downriver. Then, in 2024 a new male showed up (later christened "Finnegan" by viewers) who successfully paired with Iris and began a new breeding season.
Ospreys are consummate fishing birds, and this pair fishes primarily from the Clark Fork River and nearby Rattlesnake Creek. They use their 6-7 foot wingspans to soar above the water, looking for fish, then diving as deep as 3 feet for shallow-swimming prey. Adult Ospreys usually weigh 3-4 pounds, and they can carry prey up to 50 percent of their own weight. Ospreys can live up to 25 years, and they typically lay 1-4 eggs in a clutch.
The nest used to be on a power pole about 200 feet west of where it is now. This was dangerous, since the Ospreys could have been electrocuted, causing fires and power blackouts. In 2007, the current nest platform was erected to provide a safer place for the Ospreys to nest. They took to it immediately. Getting the new nest platform set up, and installing and running to high resolution camera for this feed for you to enjoy has been a large effort involving many groups: Riverside Health Care Center, Karen Wagner, Kate Davis and Raptors of the Rockies, Northwestern Energy, Dave Taylor Roofing Company, and Dr. Erick Greene of the University of Montana.
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Congratulations to Iris and Finnigan , a beautiful family 💕
Congratulations to Iris and Finn on the birth of two chicks! Finnigan is such a wonderful partner for Iris! The way he feeds Iris delights me! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this family! 🤞🤞
It's like Iris got up to give us a look at her progeny, then settled back in to keep them nice and warm and dry.🤗
Hoping for the best for everyone.
Wonderful
I thought it wasn’t going to hatch! I hope there is plenty of food to keep #1 in a food coma so #2 has a chance to survive and thrive. Talons crossed all goes well for our osprey family. ❤
Yay‼️‼️
Congratulations 🎉🎉
I’m so excited to see the second baby hatch!!
Two little cuties! Congrats to the parents! Now keep that food coming 😍
Yay! Two stripey heads!
Hoping for the best for the second hatch. Sibling has a four or five day start ahead..
This will be interesting to watch how the two chicks handle the age difference as well as how the parents choose to feed everyone be prepared for a wild ride
5 days is a big difference. 😬
So the second is 5 days after the first one
It will be interesting to see how this unfolds
wonderful 😊 just don’t want to watch any “bonking” between them ❤
Congratulations to Iris and Finn! My heart is with you and i hope for the best and a great season with this devoted new male..❤ And... please... GHO, bald eagle and other intruders... stay away from this nest!
Is it common for chicks to hatch so many days apart? In this case 5 days apart? Thank you. Wishing the best for all.
I can't believe Iris left her two chicks alone and in the rain. So glad the second one hatched.
She didn’t leave them, the camera just wanted to get a close-up. She is calling to Finn to bring fish 🐠!
She isn’t gone. You can see her talons in the nest right behind the hatchlings close up. She just got up to call Finn for food.
Which nest is this please??
Hellgate Osprey nest in Montana
Please, Lord, deliver us from bonking...🙏🫣😳