Is there anyone who is not aware of extreme heat that is in the Pacific Northwest? or the fact that the rivers and creeks are drying up? and the temperature of the water is getting hotter? The Montana Osprey Project has just posted the following: “In order to reduce the stress and disturbance on theseContinue reading “Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, rising water temperatures all impact our beloved birds”
Continuing to Track Elsa -and other news in Bird World, Sunday 4 July
Everyone that watches the Achieva Osprey Nest in St Petersburg, Florida is following the tracking of Tropical Storm Elsa. The latest weather news is that Elsa will remain a Tropical Storm bringing heavy rain, thunderstorms and tornadoes, and some wind to Florida. The current tracking has Elsa interacting with Jamaica and that is slowing herContinue reading “Continuing to Track Elsa -and other news in Bird World, Sunday 4 July”
Saturday Evening with the Ks and a Door Dash for Tiny
I cannot tell you how delighted I am that Ferris Akel has been taking his tour to the campus of Cornell University. Ferris has a gift for finding the fledglings and an attitude of pure innocence and joy as he watches them with us. This evening K1 and K3 could not have been any cuter.Continue reading “Saturday Evening with the Ks and a Door Dash for Tiny”
The weather continues to claim the lives of our beloved Ospreys
The heat wave that hit the Pacific Northwest on the 28th of June continues to claim the lives of Ospreys. It is impossible to know the full extent of the impact because the vast majority of nests are not monitored. We now know for sure that two chicks at Clark PUD in Washington, 1 chickContinue reading “The weather continues to claim the lives of our beloved Ospreys”
Sick of seeing dead Osprey?
My son sent me an article this morning from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), London, Ontario. It is about the Osprey caught in fishing line that died. You need to read this. It isn’t long. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/ontario-fishing-line-environment-1.6086113?fbclid=IwAR06PFbXlyVIOB_D0nMzgkFN6In5Vqh7UX_zVmLr0x69y5Vq-H-cyObOMeY Most everyone that loves birds have, at one time or another, seen Ospreys, herons, and other water birds, evenContinue reading “Sick of seeing dead Osprey?”
Friday Night fun with Ferris and the Ks
I did not expect Ferris Akel to be over on the Cornell Campus tonight finding Big Red and Arthur and showing us what the Ks were doing but, he was there and I am terribly grateful. I want to share some of the images from this evening so you have an idea what our favouriteContinue reading “Friday Night fun with Ferris and the Ks”
Bird World News: Rescues, a fledge, and a Hurricane?
I want to give a shout out to Fortis BC for helping the South Okanagan’s only birds of prey rescue centre, SORCO, retrieve two baby Ospreys from a nest in Penticton. People saw the babies hanging over the sides of the nest panting and looking very dehydrated. The parents were unable to feed them becauseContinue reading “Bird World News: Rescues, a fledge, and a Hurricane?”
As the Nest Turns: Late Friday July 1 edition
It’s late on 1 July, Canada Day and by the time I finish writing this it will be 2 July. The week has been wrought with extreme heat and now a wildfire in British Columbia has left the citizens of Lytton with only 15 minutes to evacuate. My friends in the Kootenays tell me thatContinue reading “As the Nest Turns: Late Friday July 1 edition”
Considering Electra
I have been thinking about Electra all day…and have spent several blogs trying to gain some insight into her behaviour on the Cowlitz PUD nest since her last chick died of heat stroke. She has spent more time at the nest today than yesterday when it was deathly hot. She food calls when she seesContinue reading “Considering Electra”
Nest Hopping News for 1 July
Juvenile Osprey Blue 096 has fledged from the Rutland Manton Bay Nest of Maya and Blue 33 (11). It happened at 12:12:27 pm. He looks up. Wings begin flapping. Blue 095 goes, “oh, not this again! This nest is getting too small for flapping. I wish you would just go away!” He’s on tippy toesContinue reading “Nest Hopping News for 1 July”