I bet you didn’t think you’d hear from me again today. Well, if you missed it, you have to know what happened in Colorado today at the Dunrovin Osprey platform. The response to what could have easily been a tragedy will not only put a smile on your face, but it will also demonstrate to you that there are responsible nest owners who respond fast when help is required!
The oldest chick kept backing up.
This beautiful baby got caught in the twigs in the railing. Can you see it?
Help came! The baby was returned to the nest, some more twigs were added by the rescue team, and two fish were left as a gift.
That first hatch has no idea how lucky it was!
Thank you to the great people at Dunrovin Ranch for caring so much! If there is a Gold Medal for wildlife empathy, you would be first in line to receive it.
I went to the UK as a Commonwealth Scholar in 1990 and received my PhD from the University of Leicester in 1993. After three decades of university teaching, I retired to devote my time to the study of raptor behaviour. I am particularly interested in Ospreys and am working on a long term project on third hatch survival and siblicide in these raptors. My blog is a result of a fascination with my local wildlife and the desire to encourage others to love and care for birds! I live on the Canadian Prairies and prior to the pandemic travelled a lot. I am questioning the use of aviation fuel at the moment as we all strive to help our planet. My early research was in politics and art including British public statues exported to Southeast Asia and Vietnam Resistors that contributed much to Canadian ceramics. Books and articles were published on those subjects over a period of 3 decades. Now I am working on books for children so they can learn about the challenges our raptors face.
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These are the stories that do make us smile. And every time this happens, it serves as a lesson to others that intervention IS possible and is almost always a better option than doing nothing.
Thank you and they got another one tonight. 1 and I think 2 fell into the rails. They came up with garden railing and worked on one side. Misted and brought fish.
Thank goodness ! I’m so glad they helped it so quickly.❤️🙏 Thanks for this great update Mary Ann!
They had to do it again tonight. All of these nests need some good woven sides like Glaslyn! They did fix some more.
These are the stories that do make us smile. And every time this happens, it serves as a lesson to others that intervention IS possible and is almost always a better option than doing nothing.
Thank you and they got another one tonight. 1 and I think 2 fell into the rails. They came up with garden railing and worked on one side. Misted and brought fish.