Kim Gaffett
Osprey Update: July 22
It is fledge day! After a busy morning of hop-flying from nest edge to nest edge, the first nestling took flight sometime between 6:30...
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Kim Gaffett
Osprey Update: July 20
Nearly 8 weeks old and these nestlings are getting close to the edge and doing a lot of wing stretches and flapping, but they are still...
Kim Gaffett
Osprey Update: July 5
At 5.5 weeks old, the osprey nestlings at the power company platform are ready to be banded. So many thanks to the company staff for...
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Kim Gaffett
- Apr 30
- 1 min
Osprey Update: April 30
The male (on the left) just delivered a small fish for the female. She hopped off the eggs and flew away with the fish, at which point...
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Kim Gaffett
- Apr 22
- 1 min
Osprey Update: April 22, 2024
Happy Earth Day. Look what we see - a second egg under the female osprey. We are not exactly sure when it was laid, but I'm guessing on...
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Kim Gaffett
- Apr 20
- 1 min
Osprey Update: April 20, 2024
When I first noticed that the female has a band on her leg. I automatically assumed that this bird is the same as last year's (2023)...
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Kim Gaffett
- Apr 18
- 1 min
Osprey Update: April 18, 2024
It's a cold, rainy, breezy day on BI. The female is standing with the egg, but soon settles down to keep it warm as the male stands by -...
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Kim Gaffett
- Apr 18
- 1 min
Osprey Update: April 17, 2024
Finally the osprey pair at the power company have produced an egg. How many more will there be?
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Kim Gaffett
- Apr 2
- 1 min
Osprey Update: April 2, 2024
Q. Why is one osprey sitting on the other? A. They are mating! Hope for eggs soon. Thanks to Elspeth Crawford in Edinburgh, Scotland for...
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Kim Gaffett
- Apr 1
- 1 min
Osprey Update: April 1, 2024
There have been several reports over the past 3 days of both male and female osprey being in residence on the Power Co. pole. This photo...
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Kim Gaffett
- Apr 1
- 1 min
March 30, 2024 - Osprey Update
Although the bald eagles are still in the neighborhood, one osprey has taken to perching, eating and claiming the platform on a regular...
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Kim Gaffett
- Mar 28
- 1 min
March 27, 2024 - Eagle/Osprey Update: Ruffled Feathers
After approximately 10 days of no sighting of the eagles on the Power Company platform, both eagles showed up on the platform looking...
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Kim Gaffett
- Mar 28
- 1 min
March 14, 2024: Osprey/Eagle Update
As we wait for the annual return of the osprey (on or about March 23), the web cam at the power company platform has captured lots of...
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