Iris lays 3rd egg…

I was so worried about P3 that this one slipped right by me. Iris and the New Guy now have their third egg, which arrived Wednesday night at 2237.

We keep all manner of information on our forms while studying osprey mortality. This shows the date and time of each of Iris’s eggs laid this season.

A table displaying data for 'Hellgate Canyon/2026/4' with three entries, each showing an egg identifier, date, and time.
An osprey chick resting in its nest at night, with a dimly lit background showing parking lot lights and trees.
A close-up view of an osprey nest made of twigs and branches, with a young osprey chick resting inside. The background shows a parking lot and a green landscape with trees.

Thank you to the Cornell Bird Lab and Montana Osprey Project for their strreaming cam where I took my screen captures.

Published by maryannsteggles

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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