It is a heavily overcast morning with light rain that is making the garden appear to be the most gorgeous emerald green. Dyson has already been for food and so have the Crows, the Blue Jays, and the Starlings. The foliage is so thick I can only see them on the table feeder or if they go in the bird bath. Otherwise they fly in and out so fast. Mr Blue Jay and Mr Crow have babies to feed. The Starlings appear to have at least one fledgling. They will leave soon – when the fledglings can adequately fly and they will return in the fall.
Well, I don’t know what anyone else thinks but Iris left the nest yesterday three times – she is hungry! The weather and the absence of Clark for long periods is concerning. It is not clear to me what is happening where they fish and I wish Dr Green would post us some information. At any rate, there is a rumour that the first pip is happening. Please pray for Iris and these babies. She has been so devoted and so was Clark that it is hard to believe that there won’t be food for them. Iris has been at this rodeo before…please give us a miracle.
It breaks my heart to hear Iris fish calling and Clark not flying in with a big one. Is the noise on the camera the river rushing? Does anyone know?
The first chick has hatched at Charlo Montana.
Fru Rauer has three beautiful babies at the Fru Rauer nest in Norway.
Little Bob at Loch Arkaig 2, the nest of Louis and Dorcha, has been struggling and died early this morning. Condolences to all.
Little Dewey was tucking into a really nice big fish so him and Mum will eat well.
There will be two hatches at Osoyoos in British Columbia by the time you read this. It is another problem nest where you get heat domes and the fish disappear. Thanks, Heidi.
Geemeff’s summary from the 10th of June:
Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch Arkaig Wednesday 10th June 2026Plenty of fish were delivered today, two to Nest One taking Garry LV0’s tally to one hundred and nine, and Louis’ four fish take the Nest Two tally to one hundred and twenty five.However, that didn’t stop chick aggression which was on show at mealtimes and whenever Dorcha left the nest, and there were concerns about Chick3, but the little chick had a really good meal from the second delivery, and seems to have the good sense to duck down when older siblings C1&2 are fighting each other. There were a few intruder alarms, some seen, some not – a Buzzard was heard near Nest Two and handsome JJ4 from the western Arkaig nest landed on Nest One but only for a few seconds before a furious Aurora got rid of him. It rained on and off today, and more rain forecast: light rain and a gentle breeze with a low of 9°C overnight, continuing with light wind and light rain and a high of 14°C tomorrow.
Please send your good wish to Iris. I had hoped these eggs would not hatch after the delivery of fish fell so dramatically.
Take care, everyone. I need a wee break from all of this…it is a tragic year, and we all need to take a breath sometimes.
Thank you to Heidi, PB, Geemeff, and all those who posted information on FB. Please follow Iris and send her good energy, and if you can, drop a fish – wish for fish!!!!!!! Hugo Yugo is fine this morning, and I am going to enjoy the birds in the garden today, even if it is raining. I know they are well fed and alive, and even Dyson is coming out, so I can see her! Thank you to the cam owners so that we can witness the lives, the good and the bad, at these nests.
Further to the posting of the industrial accident at the Longview Paper Mill in Washington State, USA, ‘MP’ has researched how you can help the most to get attention to the nests where the chicks are dying due to a lack of fish because of the explosion and release of toxins into the branches of and the Columbia River.
Please make the calls.
For anyone who is local or watching from afar, here are meaningful thing’s that can be done to help.
This is from Co-pilot AL on identifying which agency would be most responsive when contacted.
This is a situation where the right agencies will pay attention, but only if the impacts on raptors are reported through the correct channels. Osprey are a sentinel species, and what you’re seeing is ecologically significant.
Below is a ranked list of the agencies and wildlife groups most likely to respond to or investigate osprey impacts tied to the Columbia River fish kill.
🦅 Top Agencies & Groups to Contact About Osprey Impacts
1. Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) – Highest Priority
Why they matter:
They are the primary state agency responsible for raptors, fish populations, and ecological impacts. They do track osprey nest success in some regions and will take reports of nest failures, starvation, and abnormal behavior.
2. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) – Migratory Birds Program
Why they matter:
Osprey are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and USFWS oversees large-scale ecological impacts, especially when industrial pollution affects protected species.
What they can act on:
Mortality events
Nest abandonment
Food-web disruptions
Potential violations of federal wildlife protections
They may coordinate with EPA if the spill caused ongoing harm to protected birds.
3. Washington Department of Ecology – Spill Response Program
Why they matter:
They are already leading the chemical spill investigation. They need wildlife impact data to assess the full scope of damage.
What they can act on:
Documenting secondary ecological impacts
Expanding monitoring zones
Triggering additional cleanup or enforcement actions
They often rely on citizen reports to identify downstream effects.
4. Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC)
Why they matter:
CRITFC monitors fish populations, river health, and ecological impacts across tribal territories. They have biologists who track fish availability and predator-prey dynamics.
What they can act on:
Fish population collapse
Impacts on culturally important species
Habitat degradation
They are highly responsive to ecological concerns.
5. Local Audubon Chapters (Portland Audubon, Vancouver Audubon)
Why they matter:
Audubon groups monitor raptor nests, conduct citizen science, and often escalate wildlife concerns to state and federal agencies.
What they can act on:
Osprey nest monitoring
Field verification
Public awareness
Coordinating volunteer observations
They are often the fastest to respond and can mobilize observers.
6. Osprey-Specific Research Groups
These groups track nest success and population trends:
Oregon State University Osprey Research Program
University of Montana Osprey Monitoring Project (they sometimes consult on regional events)
They may not be enforcement agencies, but they do document ecological disruptions and publish findings.
🧭 Who Will Actually Care the Most?
If you want the highest likelihood of action:
Start with WDFW + USFWS + Audubon.
Those three together create a triangle of:
regulatory authority
scientific oversight
on-the-ground monitoring
The observations of starving chicks and siblicide are exactly the kind of data they need.
Thank you MP for continuing to follow up on this story.
Thank you so much for your notes. I learned about ‘Thunder Vests’ from ‘P’ and have ordered one for Toby who was frightened by thunder of last night’s storms. Our environmentalists tell us that we should expect our lives to have more storms during the summer – and this is the eerie part. It will be the coolest summer we will experience and the hottest. In other words, while we are going to have extremely high temperatures this summer, they will be nothing to what is coming next year!
We went to bed and slept through everything. Hugo Yugo went to the vet and had her teeth cleaned and one molar removed. She has been home for two hours and is resting – Toby was way too excited to see her, so she is now sequestered in my room. She is absolutely fine and in good health. Bravo. We won’t have to go through this again for another year or more.
Anyone reading my blog will know about the Menhaden crisis impacting the osprey nests in the NE USA. Chicks are dying as I write. Adults are thin. But another crisis is now looming. This time on the Columbia River in Washington, three miles from the Steelscape osprey nest. They lost their first chick after doing well. ‘PB’ wanted to know why and discovered an explosion at a paper mill three miles upstream, which has emitted toxins into the river, killing thousands if not tens of thousands of fish.
Another reader MP has discovered the following: “Here is a better explanation from asking Co-pilot (AI). What I sent you was from Google AI which has been proven to be a bit deficient.
Multiple agencies are actively monitoring the aftermath, but the situation is more complex than it may appear from the osprey behavior you’re seeing.
Here’s what the verified reporting shows so far, and how it connects to what you’re observing with the fish and osprey.
🧭 What we know is being monitored
State and federal agencies are on the ground and continuing environmental surveillance after the Nippon Dynawave paper mill tank rupture in Longview, WA — the event that spilled a large volume of white liquor (a highly caustic sodium hydroxide/sodium sulfide mixture) into the local drainage system and ultimately into the Columbia River.
✔ Water quality monitoring
Washington Department of Ecology and the EPA are actively testing water pH and contamination levels in the river and connected ditches. KOIN
Officials report that pH levels in the Columbia River have returned to normal ranges, and no ongoing contamination is being detected in river discharge. KOMO
✔ Wildlife impact monitoring
More than 2,200 dead fish have been collected so far, including carp, catfish, bass, sunfish, suckers, and even a few salmon. KOMO
Vacuum trucks, flushing operations, and wastewater treatment are still in progress inside the mill and surrounding drainage network. KOMO
🐟 Why you’re seeing severe fish scarcity even though agencies say pH is “normal”
This is the part the official updates don’t fully capture — and it aligns with what you’re witnessing at the osprey nests.
1. The fish kill was large and sudden
Over 2,000 fish died in the first days after the spill. That’s a major localized collapse of prey biomass. Even if water quality is now “safe,” the fish population doesn’t rebound instantly.
This means the distress you’re seeing in osprey nests is likely real, under‑reported, and not currently being tracked by the response teams.
🧩 What your observations mean
Your firsthand monitoring of osprey nests is valuable ecological data. What you’re seeing — chicks starving, siblicide, adults unable to find fish — is consistent with alocalized collapse of prey availability following a major chemical-induced fish kill.
Even though agencies say the water is now “safe,” the biological recovery lags far behind chemical stabilization.”
The disaster is making the news, thankfully but please call in to your local USFWS if the nest you are watching is in the impacted area and mention human cause and providing prey and fish. Thank you.
I hope that this is true about the PH level as there were tens of thousands of fish that died and toxins would impact raptor nests all along that river. We know that Steelscape is downriver from the papermill while Cowlitz is upstream.
The heavy rains are impacting osprey nests in the UK.
Good news coming out of Llyn Clywedog nest for a change.
Blackbush has a hatch.
Sad news from Ferguson Museum, Fishers Island, New York.
Remember I told you that Pam Breci made some phone calls about the orange twine on the Salmon Idaho osprey nest. They promised they would clean the nest and they did.
Remember – you can make a difference. Sometimes you just need to make that phone call.
Some of you have been worried about the third hatch at Loch Arkaig since Dorcha fed it a large piece of fish. The little one is fine and was fed to the brim today! Geemeff has it on video – it will also appear in their summary of the day. https://youtu.be/IY8Lo9kRGoM?
This is appearing in the chat along the live stream for Iris and Clark.
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It’s mid afternoon and I have not seen any fish delivered to the Hellgate nest. I find this concerning and quite honestly as excited as I was – and each of you – to see chicks on this nest, I am not beginning to hope those eggs do not hatch.
It is a happy nest for Big Red and Arthur as their chicks get their juvenile feathers and are now really good at self-feeding. The oldest enjoys a chippie in this video by Cornell Bird Lab: https://youtu.be/4m2uE_gQPMY?
There was concern at the Syracuse University Red-tail Hawk nest when one of the hawklets slipped off the nest and had to hold on for dear life as its mother Ruth looked on. Watch the Sylvia’s Ramptor Cam videos to find out the outcome. https://youtu.be/OEdiO-jqGjA?
A wonderful nest at Glaslyn.
And an uplifting video and note from ‘CG’ and thoughts on nests – we need to think about what protections the wildlife need and even if it feels useless, sign the petitions, make the phone calls. We tried. You will feel better:
“Uplifting video of Patience and Compassion, the week-old eaglets at Glacier Gardens, Juneau, Alaska, nest of Liberty and new mate Prosperity. They have the distinction of being the final nest cam hatches of the US bald eagle 2025-2026 breeding season.
Lots of information in the Description and captions throughout the video letting us know all of the changes that are happening to these eaglets. A great delight!
Uplifting after all the tragedies.
Royal Oaks bald eagle nest, Vancouver, WA, just lost an eaglet, Harmony. It fell off the nest and landed lower down in the tree and hanging upside down for a while. It was considered in the “fledging window.” Later while moving around, it fell a second time to lower down in the tree. Mum knew where it was and perched on a branch close by. It later went out of camera view and was found on the ground. It passed away. Lots of angry people because they wanted the eaglet rescued. Now the responsibilities of nest cam operators are in question. Totally different situation to Scout but the result for both is lots of angry people who want changes to those archaic laws that you have even mentioned in your blog.
Times have changed. These cameras were originally for research, I believe, and now they have been opened up for public viewing where compassionate people are watching, not some cold, clinical scientists. I would call it a morality issue. These animals might be wild, but if there are health, suffering, or danger to life issues, I believe humans have a moral obligation to help. However, not if it endangers a human, e.g., Snow’s slipping nest where a climber could have died or been severely injured if the nest fell on them while climbing up the tree. Another tree had a widowmaker that a climber would have had to crawl over. I think it was the nest with the bobber and fishing line. “
The great news is that Telyn at the Dyfi Osprey Project in Wales – who swolled a line and hook – has made it over the critical period and appears to be fantastic.
Hugo Yugo is doing well. Thank you for all of your good wishes. Toby really missed her, and she is still groggy and doesn’t wish to play, so he is ‘sad’. Meanwhile, I have discovered our sump pump needs to be replaced as it was hit by lightning or something during the storm. Thankfully, I have all new plumbing in my basement, and it did not flood like so many other homes.
Take care, everyone. I am going to close with a bad image of a newly fledged European Starling from the nest in our lilacs.
Thank you to ‘PB’ and ‘MP’ for the research into the Longview Papermill. Thank you to ‘CG’ for writing in with views on our duty of care towards wildlife on streaming cams, and to everyone who posted information on FB and/or added images. Thank you also to the owners of these streaming cams who do allow us to watch the wildlife – and sometimes get ulcers at the same time, whilst drinking champagne and celebrating at others.
We are in the direct path of a series of supercells forming south of us and moving slowly north, so this post is going to be short and sweet. We are under a severe tornado watch and have had ping-pong-ball-sized hail. Toby has been very upset by the storm and the heavy, heavy downpours. We are fine. I grew up in Oklahoma, so I am familiar with those big F4S tornadoes, and we know what to do.
Image on FB by Katie Powell in St Anne Manitoba:
Sasha has fledged at the Fraser Point Bald Eagle nest of Andor and Cruz. Congratulations! SK Hideaways has it on video: https://youtu.be/TGfNgOd13wg?
Clark brought in two fish yesterday. Some of the local fisherpeople believe that he had to go to the Rattlesnake River to get them – one came late at night also. That was incredible. It is difficult enough for ospreys to see in rushing muddy water, but at night?
It is just past 1500 on the Canadian Prairies. It is one hour earlier at Iris’s nest. I have seen no fish deliveries today, but it has been raining periodically. I wish we could find out more about the status of the river near the nest. This issue with getting fish is going to seriously impact these chicks!
Clark came in with a small fish that Iris quickly snatched.
‘PB’ alerted me to Jill’s big fish for the kids. This nest is doing so well and those fledglings are getting big and strong so they can survive on their own. She has been an outstanding mother.
Geemeff – thank you for following what is happening with that natural material or twine or whatever it is that Dorcha worked hard to try and get off that chick! We will appreciate any updates.
Geemeff Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch Arkaig Tuesday 9th June 2026
It rained on and off today but more concerning than the weather was something wrapped tightly around the leg of one of the chicks, Chick2, it seems, but a closer look is needed to confirm. It appears to be organic rather than man made but it will be a relief when it’s off, Dorcha tried and failed to remove it today. Another, minor, concern is the attitude of the chicks – not yet in the reptilian phase, but their aggressive instinct to dominate and ensure priority on the feeding line has kicked in early. Chick3 does its best to keep out of the way of its older siblings but doesn’t always succeed. However, this is all perfectly natural and seen every season in varying degrees. Even a season with a solo chick had aggression – lacking siblings, the chick constantly attacked Dorcha! Louis ensures there’s a steady supply of food and each chick got fed from every fish so this season is proceeding along the usual lines, including the inevitable arrival of unsuitable sticks which cause mayhem, it was Dorcha’s turn today. Louis brought two fish, taking the Nest Two tally to one hundred and twenty one, and Garry’s single fish for Aurora takes the Nest One tally to one hundred and seven. Day forty for Aurora’s egg ended with no sign of a pip yet, but there are still a couple more days in the hatching time frame, perhaps we’ll have a surprise in the morning – fingers and talons firmly crossed for Garry and Aurora. Light rain forecast for overnight with a low of 7°C, changing to thundery showers with a high of 13°C tomorrow.
At Dunrovin, the first hatch for Swoop and Winnie! That is one strong-necked chick.
It appears that the Little Tiny Bob at Steelscape did not survive the sibling rivalry.
Dewey Beach, on the other hand, is doing well. Love Baby Dewey. There are issues with fish deliveries at many of the nests that sadly might continue. Send good wishes. So far, Dewey isn’t one of them. Look at that chubby osplet chick. That is what they should all look like – fat.
I am going to say good night. It looks like the storms are now east of the City of Winnipeg, so I am going to relax. We still have some lightning, but I hope no more hail or wind, but oh, there is thunder again. So far, only one tree fell on a car on our street (not mine).
Take care everyone.
Thank you to Geemeff for their daily summary and for keeping an eye on that material on nest 2, to SK Hideaways thank you for the videos, and to all who posted information and images on FB, I am very grateful.
UPDATE: Clark has returned to the nest. He must have had great difficulty fishing. He came in with a nice one for his beloved Iris who had to be absolutely at her wits end and starving. Time 1106.
I am hardly controlling my tears of joy. After the past week, it just felt like something terrible was going to happen. I could hardly bring myself to hope. But here is the miracle that I was waiting for! Clark is home. Iris is fed. Now, to get those rivers to calm down so Clark can feed their babies. We are on pip watch.
My inbox and FB Messenger are full of comments about how we – humans – have failed our planet and our wildlife. Right now, that focus is more on the disaster that has occurred in and around the Chesapeake Bay. That ecosystem has been destroyed by one company, Omega Protein out of Reedsville, Virginia. It isn’t just ospreys that are going extinct – yes, I am using that word – but also Striped Bass, terrapins and anything in the food chain that depended on Menhaden. ‘The Bay’ is dying. Why isn’t someone doing something? That is the question you are asking.
Those ships are out -.
Last week I received a little book from a friend in the post, Song of the Seasons. a Meditation on Cycles, Story, and Humility by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, a Sufi writer and spiritual ecologist. Vaughan-Lee maintains that the problem is that humans do not believe that our planet is a living entity and that they have dominion over it. “The story of forgetfulness that has distanced us, that has put us to sleep…is about the denial of the spiritual nature of this living, breathing Earth.” (32) “Our senses can again become attuned to the spirit that flows through all things, so that when we hear the birds at dusk, we let their song penetrate our being. Why would we not want that? The song that we hear, in this moment, is of this place, and of this season. And this song wants to be heard….it wants to be heard not just with the outer senses, but with the…ear of the heart, so that that birdson becomes part of us and links us to this moment, to this cycle, to this place. Vaughan-Lee is asking us to be present in this moment – to literally, as Ram Dass asked us to ‘Be Here Now’. At the same time is the underlying thread that every living thing including our Earth is sacred, a belief held by many cultures and religions. So special is the soul that my Jain friends in Udaipur will not even step on an ant or kill a fly. One of my best friends taught me that all things have souls and I will always be grateful to Ikuhiko for teaching me about Shinto.
I feel that the Earth has become nothing more than a commodity – AI centres using up all the water, dredging ocean floors and ruining marine life, and then there is the focus of my anger at the moment, the commercial overfishing of Menhaden in the NE US and in the Gulf region of the US by Omega Protein. It is not just this company – don’t kid yourself. But all is not despair, although I might feel that way today. There are good people doing amazing things around the world, including fighting against the establishment of AI Centres, lobbying for no drilling on lands where wildlife thrive, purchasing electric vehicles and beginning to use alternative energy, growing gardens and teaching others; the list is long. We cannot give up because if we do, we give all the beauty that we love over to what I want to simply call the dark side – those that would destroy all our planet and its wildlife deliberately for their own gain.
I hope this is for real.
As I write this, the rivers in Oregon and Colorado are drying up due to drought and the fish are dying.
I really hope to get to some good news by the end of this blog. And it happened, it is at the top.
Clark has not returned to the nest he shares with Iris at Hellgate Canyon in Missoula. The rivers were raging, and fishing was difficult. He was last seen on the 6th, and that was, as far as I know, the last time Iris ate. Their eggs are ready to hatch. Clark is also known for being overprotective of Iris and their nest, and he lost at least five tail feathers in what is assumed to have been an altercation with a Bald Eagle. Clark was very attentive, and my concern is that he has met with a battle he could not win. I want to be wrong.
At Lake Murray, the GHO took the last two of the three osplets last night.
I wonder what we would find if we put up a big map and put a red pin on places where osprey parents fledged their full clutch. Which ones can you think of? Venice Beach. Achieva (that is a huge surprise). Any others? We will do this again at the end of the season.
Big and Little continue to be well cared for by Mum Jill. Such stability at that nest. Big and Little came together to the nest about the same time that Jill goes fishing every day. She is an amazing mother. I wonder how the female is doing in Minnesota who is raising three osplets alone – from incubation to now. This could be Iris if the Crows wouldn’t take the babies and if Iris would go fishing for them.
Telyn appears to be fine, although some are wondering if she swallowed a braided line and a different hook, one used by poachers. I am just glad she is doing well as are her three chicks.
Latest updates on situation from Dyfi Osprey Project:
I am going to stop because I am so delighted that Clark is home I don’t want to ruin the day by finding out something else has happened on another nest. Yes, I am going to stick my head in the proverbial sand for a bit.
Take care everyone. Delight in this miracle and pray for the river to calm so Clark can feed their babies quickly.
Thank you to everyone mentioned in this post and the owners of the streaming cams, authors of newsletters and FB page information. Always grateful.
I reported earlier that AK had sent me an image of the Lynx that was peering into #5 Finnish Osprey nest holding three eggs. No ospreys incubating at the time – they would have gotten off.
I just received a video link from Geemeff to share with you showing the Lynx actually in the nest with the adult ospreys attacking it.
I have never seen a lynx in an osprey nest. It was definitely curious. I do hope none of the eggs were broken.
“A wild lynx climbed all the way up to the nest and was caught sniffing the eggs. From what we can see, Rosa (the female osprey) was bravely dive-bombing and swooping down to defend her territory. Incredibly, against all odds, the eggs appear to be completely intact after the lynx left!”
It is the end of the weekend as I write this, and now the beginning of the week. We hope that you have a wonderful one.
Look at these two sweethearts. I melted when I saw them together.
Missey and Hugo Yugo.
Whether it is sitting outside listening to the birdsong or just looking at the four cats and Toby that share my life inside, they make me a better person. They also make me so happy. It is something that I cannot fully explain but I also know that most of you know what I am trying to say!
What bothers me is that there are individuals who care nothing for animals, believing humans to be far superior. My son said once that ‘humans are a failed experiment’ compared to animals. My late mentor, Laura Culley, would agree. How do we get people to care? Could it be that we need to get them to understand the benefits of birdwatching?
I worry about the raptors that lose their children or their mate. In this case, Seren has been on my mind so much.
Beautiful Seren was on her nest on a wet Sunday evening in Wales. I wonder where she thinks her babies are?
Dorcha and her three babies are waiting for Louis and a fish. That fish came, and Dorcha gave a huge piece to three who appeared to be choking on it. Dorcha began to brood, and we do not know the status of little three as I write.
It’s pitching down. We may not know what happened to little 3 til tomorrow.
Aeron Z2 and Blue 014 on their Pont Cresor nest.
Little 4 at Poole Harbour has a much better change with the great parenting and all the fish than some of the US nests that are struggling.
If you would like to guess the gender of Maya and Blue 33’s trio, please go to the chat associated with the streaming cam and put your guess in the comments.
What a relief. Big and Little showed up at the Achieva nest in the afternoon together.
Jill brought in a huge freshwter fish and Big took it. Later she went out and caught another one, both waiting. I wonder if Little got some?
PB: Jill did it again!!! 18:30 huge speckled trout. Big got it but Little was hungry and as PB said, got bold and took it from Big.
At the US Steel nest, Sid has branched. SPO wrote, “On June 5, 2026, Sid the eaglet hopped onto its first branch at the U.S. Steel eagle nest in Pennsylvania, turning a quick, wobbly move into a milestone moment as Hutch, Sid, and Maz move closer to fledging.
At 65 days old, Sid made a short but meaningful first trip onto a branch.
It was not a dramatic long perch or a polished eagle pose yet. It was better than that. It was honest, wobbly, determined, and full of young-eagle energy.
This was not just a few seconds on a branch. It was Sid’s first real step beyond the nest bowl, a small move that showed just how quickly the U.S. Steel eaglets are growing.”
Geemeff’s Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch Arkaig Sunday 7th June 2026
Today was wet and mainly uneventful – no pip yet in Aurora and Garry’s single egg yet although at one stage Aurora looked like she was listening to the egg. It’s Day 38 and eggs can hatch right up to Day 42 so the wait goes on. Over on Nest Two, Dorcha has been stuffing the three chicks full of fish, perhaps too much so as the almost-two day old youngest chick appeared to get a large morsel stuck in its throat. Dorcha then covered the chicks – subsequent glimpses appear to show movement but it will be a relief to get a proper look. However, Louis may have something to say about that as he’s brought a stick with lichen pom poms, and plopped it down right where it obscures our view! He brought three fish today and the Nest Two tally rises to one hundred and seventeen, while Garry’s single fish takes the Nest One tally to one hundred and four. The wet weather continues with more light rain overnight and a low of 9°C, and light rain showers with a high of 14°C tomorrow.
Thank you for being with us as we sit and wait to see how the baby is at Loch Arkaig and for one of Iris’s eggs to pip.
Take care.
Thank you to Geemeff for their daily summary, to PB and Heidi for information on nests and fish ID, and to all others who post information on FB and elsewhere or own streaming cams that allow us to see the lives of our birds.
This continues to be the most important story coming out of the US when it concerns ospreys.
Ben Wurst writes today:
Last week, I flew along the entire 130 mile coastline of New Jersey.
What I saw was alarming.
The goal was to locate schools of Atlantic menhaden, a historically abundant forage fish found in New Jersey’s nearshore waters. Menhaden have long been a primary prey species for coastal nesting ospreys, as well as many predatory fish, marine mammals, and seabirds. They also support the largest fishery by volume on the East Coast and are harvested for bait and industrial reduction products (oil + meal).
I teamed up with my friend and pilot, Adam Sherer, for the survey. It was my first time flying in a Cessna and conducting an aerial survey along the coast. Spotter planes are commonly used by large-scale bait and reduction fisheries to locate schools of menhaden. Some aircraft fly weekly from Reedville, Virginia, to Sandy Hook to assess the presence and abundance of fish.
After what we observed with osprey reproduction last year, I felt it was crucial to gather independent observations on menhaden presence, or absence, off New Jersey. As far as I am aware, there are no dedicated public surveys conducted along New Jersey’s coast to assess nearshore menhaden abundance.
Conditions for our flight were ideal: light north winds, excellent visibility, and calm seas. We flew from Barnegat Inlet south to Cape May, then north to Sandy Hook, surveying waters approximately 1–3 miles offshore at elevations between 1,500 and 2,500 feet above ground level.
Throughout the entire flight, we did not observe a single school of menhaden.
Schools of menhaden are highly visible from the air, often appearing as large dark patches near the water’s surface. They are frequently accompanied by predators such as bluefish, striped bass, tuna, dolphins, whales, and seabirds like northern gannets, all of which feed on these important forage fish as they move along the Atlantic coast.
Adam is an experienced pilot who knows how to read the water. Given the conditions, I am confident that if substantial schools of fish had been present, we would have seen them. The coast was so calm and quiet that it felt eerie. Aside from several small pods of dolphins, we observed very little marine life. There was also surprisingly little fishing activity.
Meanwhile, many osprey nests in New Jersey remain empty because females never laid eggs this spring. Without adequate food resources, females are not able to reach breeding condition. Many nests that do contain eggs were initiated later than normal and often have smaller clutches, both potential signs of food stress.
As chicks hatch and adults shift to feeding young, abundant prey becomes even more critical. If food remains scarce, we may see increased food stress, brood reduction, and nest failures, similar to what we documented last year when menhaden appeared scarce along portions of the coast and what many osprey pairs are experiencing on the Chesapeake Bay, which has always been considered the most important nursery grounds for menhaden on the Atlantic coast.
Another concerning observation is the condition of nesting females. While photographing a female leaving her nest, I was struck by how pronounced her breastbone appeared through the viewfinder. Her mate was absent, likely out searching for prey. Similar reports and observations are coming from throughout the coast. This is not what we typically expect to see during the nesting season.
Perhaps most concerning is that fisheries managers continue to rely heavily on fishery-dependent data to estimate menhaden abundance, while warning signs from dependent predators like ospreys receive far less attention. What we are seeing at nests all along the coast is that something is out of balance.
In addition, reports indicate that the reduction fleet in Virginia has remained at the dock for much of the spring while spotter aircraft search vast stretches of coastline from North Carolina to New England looking for fish.
Taken together, these observations raise serious concerns about the condition of the marine ecosystem and the forage base that supports whales, dolphins, ospreys, game fish, commercial fisheries, and coastal economies.
If you care about our coast and the wildlife that depends on it, now is the time to pay attention. We need better monitoring, greater transparency, and a stronger commitment to understanding and protecting the forage fish that serve as the foundation of our marine ecosystem. Follow groups like the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Menhaden Defenders, Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Forage Fish Campaign to get involved and stay informed.
Very grateful for this opportunity to help better understand what is happening along our coast. Thank you, Adam.
Heidi and I have been warning about this collapse for three years, along with others from William & Mary College, including Michael Academia. This is VERY serious. It is not only the osprey that are starving, but also the other fish that depend on Menhaden and even tarrapins. The entire ecosystem is dead or dying. Some might point to multiple conditions, but for me, there is a single major cause: Omega Protein, a Canadian company that turns millions of tonnes of Menhaden into chicken and salmon feed, based in Reedsville, Virginia. They are also gutting the schools in the Gulf. This has to stop. I urge each of my readers to write in support of a three-year moratorium on commercial-industrial fishing in the Chesapeake Bay and all the waters from Long Island, around New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland. Please note that mile limits have caused Omega Protein to use helicopters in at least one instance to get the schools to flee back to deeper water where they can net them!
You can use the wording from Ben Wurst’s letter. He is the Conservation Officer for New Jersey. You might also want to educate yourself before writing by examining the posts on the FB group – Menhaden – Little Fish, Big Deal.
I am very concerned about Little Dewey at Dewey Beach in Delaware. And I want to make clear that if any of the birds on streaming cams are starving, the cause can be argued to be human-caused, a reason for intervention! Remember I have said that we might have to have a test case to prove that this is human caused.
This image, from Heidi and PB, shows the tiny Menhaden that Baby Dewey had for breakfast. This precious family might need help, and the USFWS should permit fish to be placed on the nest for them, since the absolute decline in the Menhaden population has caused issues and endangered ospreys to the point that they might not exist in this region as they did during the time of DDT. The Ospreys are the ‘Canaries in the Mine’ warning us of disaster.
In other news, ‘PB’ reports that both Jack and Jill have been at the Achieva Credit Union Osprey nest with fish but no Big and no Little to eat. Please return you two. You are still a little young to be out on your own, Little.
SK Hideaways Videos, week of 31 May 2026
FOBBVCAM Eagles ~ Big Bear Valley, CA ~ Jackie, Shadow, Sandy, and Luna Courtesy FOBBVCAM | Friends of Big Bear Valley Nest Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L2nfGcuE Wide View Cam (Cam 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41eq4VzCYc4 Live Recap & Observations https://bit.ly/3Md8TSz Sandy & Luna Play Tug of Fish🦈🪢 Jackie & Shadow Steal Away (2026 Jun 3)When Shadow brought a whopper to the nest, Sandy and Luna got to work consuming their fair share. While the eaglets pulled the fish from each other time and again, the 90-minute meal was more a tug-of-peace than a tug-of-war, as they both got plenty to eat. Abundance makes for peaceful mealtimes. Once the eaglets were in food comas, Jackie met Shadow on the Simba Tree for a most picturesque rendezvous. Hatch dates: Sandy, 4 April; Luna 5 April Video: https://youtu.be/ki-gZ6sEY6M Fraser Point Eagles ~ Santa Cruz Island, CA ~ Cruz, Andor, Sasha, Zuma, and Ryder Courtesy Institute for Wildlife Studies | explore.org | Fraser Point Eagles Cam Ops Nest Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY4V_AppZ6s Sasha Branches Cruz Approves ✅ Sasha Returns (2026 Jun 5) Congratulations to Sasha on an easy branching to and from the left branch at 69 days Video: https://youtu.be/jFYnyJCpC_E
Eaglets Show Big Wingers🪽and Jumps🦘➕Nonstop Eating (2026 Jun 4)At nearly 10 weeks old, Sasha, Zuma, and Ryder will be branching and fledging any time now. We wondered how they’d all fit on the nest once fully grown, but they’re managing just fine and even allow Cruz and Andor to visit ~ as if they have a choice. We checked on their progress as they displayed their beautiful wings, made some impressive jumps, and ate… incessantly. What a joy to watch these triplets thrive. Video: https://youtu.be/0-PBOvkuCX0
Party in the A.M.🎉Party in the P.M. 🍾 Things Get Raptoresque(2026 Jun 5) The boys met on the roof for the first fete of the day, which left them loafing in the afternoon. Come 5 p.m., they were right on time for happy hour on the nest ledge. They even let Monty stay… for a while. Then the rave kicked into full gear and things got raptoresque. Video: https://youtu.be/EiemTOD-YGI
Chicks Vie for Cutest Raptor Fledgling Championship🏆 You Decide (2026 Jun 4) This day-in-the-life video includes an opportunity for you to cast a completely unofficial vote for the Cutest Raptor Fledgling amongst a selection of raptor types in Northern California, where this falcon family lives. The rest of the video is a collection of the day’s poses and shenanigans, which all contribute to my own personal vote. Enjoy the fun and your own personal contest. Video: https://youtu.be/-aE-lEcDHSE
Chicks Present, Accounted For,📋and Even Cuter (If Possible) (2026 June 3) Despite the fact that fledge watch has completed, we are all compelled to check on the boys. Happily, all four are present and accounted for as end of day today. They seem to get more adorable by the minute. Video: https://youtu.be/ZtjQtjaK9L0
Chicks Take Over Fledge Watch 👀 Hartley & Monty Bond in Nest (2026 Jun 2)Jet and Walton took up their post on the roof to observe early morning aerial activity. I don’t know if they knew the featherless giants (with occasional long black eye protrusions) were gone, but they did seem to take responsibility for the skies above city hall. Meanwhile, Hartley and Monty took a moment to bond in the nest box; perhaps reveling in another wildly successful breeding season. Video: https://youtu.be/tce7draJcbg
All 4 chicks returned to the nest 🎉 Monty hung out with his boys (2026 May 31) The four boys gave fans a real treat ~ thanks to a steamy San Jose day ~ and spent nearly the entire day and overnight in and around the nest area. They found shade in the nest box and along the sides of the runway to keep cooler. Along the way were visits from Hartley and Monty, giving us the bonus of seeing the entire family together. It was fascinating to watch Monty spend a good amount of time with the boys, despite their occasional protestations; a very different response than when his offspring have been larger females. Because this is a rare and unique event, I captured a substantial part of the day, allowing us to savor the waning moments of seeing this special family together. Video: https://youtu.be/-j4K_dqhkgM
Fledge Watch 2026 👀 Day 3 Highlights (2026 May 30) A collection of images from the San Jose City Hall Peregrine Falcon cam, my phone camera, and my phone camera through one of the scopes atop fledge watch HQ chronicling the highlights of fledge watch 2026 day 3. It was a thrilling couple of days for this avid fan, who continues to be humbled by the magnificence of our falcon family. I am equally humbled by the wisdom, dedication, and compassion of the fledge watch team and photographers, who show up day after day, year after year in support of these special birds. Video: https://youtu.be/slTtVRA98TI
‘AK’ was watching nest 5 in Finland when this lynx went up to the nest. No chicks yet, just eggs. ‘AK’ notes that the adults were able to frighten it away. I have never seen a lynx climb a nest!
‘AK’ adds: This happened at 02:51:50 Finnish time.
Geemeff’s Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch Arkaig Saturday 6th June 2026
Today’s big event was the overnight arrival of Louis and Dorcha’s third chick. The exact time was difficult to determine as Dorcha was blocking the view, doing a good job of keeping the chicks warm and dry despite the constant rain, but eventually the time of 00.49.09 seemed the most logical based on glimpses of empty eggshells (thanks LizB). Dawn gave us and Louis a good look at the little hatchling, although Louis seemed more interested in snaffling a bit of left over fish, until Dorcha returned and made him give it up for the chicks. He delivered only one new fish to day but it was massive, and the Nest Two tally now stands at one hundred and fourteen. Nest Cam One has been zoomed in ready for those magic moments when the egg pips and the little hatchling emerges, but there’s no news yet – the egg shows no sign of pipping. However it’s only day 37 and hatching is possible right up to day 42, especially as Aurora 536 delayed incubation for the first couple of days. Garry LV0 brought her two fish and his tally now stands at one hundred and three. It was another damp day and set to continue with light rain overnight and a low of 10°C, changing to thundery showers and a high of 15°C tomorrow.
Telyn looks well. May she live a long and healthy life – and may we, humans – clean up after ourselves so that wildlife do not have to suffer.
It’s raining in Missoula (again). Is Clark having trouble fishing? Is there a pip in an egg?
Posted on Montana Osprey Project FB:
I mentioned that Lola had returned to her nest that she shared with Charlie raising chicks. When she arrived (after a month of healing), Charlie was incubating the eggs of his current mate.
The premier, Wab Kinew, of our province has turned down a request to build an AI Centre next door to our now only Wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre, Wildlife Haven.
There are many places fighting the building of AI centres including the Nashville Zoo.
Thank you for being with us today. It is very hot, and we continue to have a yellow heat warning. It is the temperature and humidity that are causing this. My sidekick, Toby, is right here with me. Don is doing better today. He had a bad fall yesterday and had been unwell for several days. He is so much better that I am feeling a little bit like a human being today. We are staying in, hoping it will be cool enough for Toby to go outside with his cooling vest and boots. Remember, if you have a dog, the pads of their feet can burn and crack from the heat of the sidewalk. If you need shoes, so do they!
Take care. We will see you soon.
Thank you to SK Hideaways for their great videos, to Geemeff for their daily summary and videos, to Heidi and PB for their news, to AK for the image of the lynx and alerting me to this new danger to our ospreys, and to everyone who posted news on FB or elsewhere. Thank you to the owners of the streaming cams that let us watch the lives of these incredible bird families.
We have another yellow warning for heat and are being told not to be outside unless necessary. I had hoped to set up Toby’s spray pad, but it had a warning that pet’s toenails should be clipped. Of course. Punctures!!!!!! Hugo Yugo has her dental surgery on Wednesday and when I pick her up Toby will go in and get those nails trimmed then he can have some great fun!!!!! While it might sound silly, I had the deck extended by a modest 5 x 10′ in order for him to be able to have a little pool of this spray pad. The rest of the garden has really been given over to the garden animals so they have lots of cool shelter in the summer. There are bunnies – we thought one and their nest is under our deck. It is a good spot for some of the animals to get out of the way of the hawks and falcons that come for a quick lunch (or so they think!).
We travelled out to the garden centre that I prefer, and there were no peonies. I had hoped to add another 3 or 4 plants to an already growing number. They are toxic to dogs, like hydrangeas, and all of the groups are fenced off so that Toby cannot get ill or, worse, die. I am considering planting about ten raspberry plants. I have the perfect spot – with direct southern exposure just beside the conservatory. Sour cherries were also tempting. We will sleep on this over night.
There is no bad news about Telyn. She was eating and feeding the three chicks this morning. Oh, please let her be alright.
From the Dyfi Osprey Project (Emyr Evans):
Teifi has been bringing in some nice Brown Trout for Elen and the triplets at Glaslyn.
The surviving chick at Loch of the Lowes is doing so well. There is a third egg. It could still hatch.
All appears to be well at the Usk Valley osprey nest.
Maya and Blue 33 have been working on the cot rails as those three kiddos get larger. The ‘babies’ are now preening their new juvenile feathers. This also helps take away the keratin sheath – that waxy protein tube that holds the blood feathers.
CJ7 and Blue 022 are masters at raising four osplets at once! Look at the images and spot the fat little bottom of hatch 4.
Dylan and Seren continue to bond and spend time together. Will they leave early for their migration – perhaps in July? This is wonderful to see – bonded and caring, they are protecting their territory and will really fatten up and be fit for their long migration. We don’t know where Dylan goes but we know that Seren Blue 5F goes to the exact tree in The Gambia every year.
Yesterday, Charlie’s former mate, Lola, visited their nest that now has eggs with his new mate. Charlie was incubating when she arrived. It is interesting to me that had this been the other way around, Charlie would have destroyed those eggs.
We are getting closer and closer to hatch for Clark and Iris at Hellgate Canyon.
At Amersfoort, the Little Prince and his sister nap in the scrape box. No worries this year over the tiny baby. Can you tell them apart?
A look at the trio at Loch Arkaig 2 for Louis and Dorcha – a feeding video by Geemeff. https://youtu.be/-O_WQ33FChQ?
I am glad that Little Dewey is a bit spunky. This might help him or her later on. Look at that fat little bottom and there is a fish on the nest – a large one.
Geemeff’s latest Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch ArkaigFriday 5th June 2026
Another day with plenty of fish and wet conditions. Garry LV0 brought two fish for Aurora 536, and his tally now stands at one hundred and one. He’d eaten the first one in a strange way, starting in the middle, but Aurora wasn’t bothered by the way it looked, and took it away to eat off the nest. Louis brought four fish for Dorcha and the two chicks, and the Nest Two tally now stands at one hundred and thirteen. At the time of filing this report (00.45), the third egg on Nest Two has pipped and is chupping away, and over on Nest One, there is a possibility Aurora’s single egg is also pipping, but a better view is needed. The wet weather is set to continue, with overnight drizzle and a low of 9°C, changing to light rain and a high of 16°C tomorrow.
I am so delighted that Telyn shows no sign of being adversely impacted by that fishing line and hook. Let us send our good wishes to all our families who struggle with more than we could imagine. Chicks are hatching in the area that Heidi monitors, and we are just praying for fish for them. They have, in the past, starved to death.
I will leave you with what is making me happy these days – the garden. The rain and heat have kick-started everything to bloom. Soon, there will hardly be any open space left, save for the deck area, so the birds, bunnies, squirrels, and Brock will have a place to stay cool.
There were two plants in the back garden when we bought the property – a peony and a prairie rose bush planted around 1902. These are the roses. They are so fragrant.
The Korean Maple.
The tunnel to the back of the property is now completely obscured.
The direct sun is shining down on all the garden and yet it is about 15 degrees cooler in this area for the birds and animals.
Thank you so much for being with us today. I am very tired and I do not know if I will have a post tomorrow but I will on Monday that will include SK Hideaways weekly videos. I should also mention that we have had fledges at the Spirit Bluff Peregrine scrape. Well done.
Thank you to everyone who posted information and images on FB and to the owners of the streaming cams that allowed us to view the birds and their lives, and me to take screencaptures. Thank you Geemeff for your amazing daily summary and videos. Much appreciated. Thank you so much.
I hope you never get tired of me saying that a single person can make a difference. Well, today, Pam Breci helped out the osplets in the nest with the baling twine in Idaho. Their own website says they will intervene if the event is human-caused. PB did not take ‘no’ as an answer. Today, she made a difference. Tomorrow it could be you. Never give up hope. Always persist.
“Mary Ann! I have a win!!! Idaho Fish and Game listened to me and will remove the twice at Salmon nest!!! I feel so good I may have saved 3 little lives just by being proactive to find their phone number at Salmon Regional office and talked to person who answered the phone. I bet she passed it on to the biologist there and they have on their website they only intervene if man-made like twine. Here’s what’s on chat.
Do not ever underestimate your ability to make a difference! They have no personnel to undertake this over the weekend, sadly but you will note they will do it next week. So when you see something – don’t be afraid to pick up the phone and advocate on behalf of our wildlife. You can be another Pam Breci – who deserves a gold medal today!
This morning I reported that Telyn had swallowed a fishing hook and line. Here is the blog from the Dyfi Osprey Project. Please read it:
The image below is the family portrait. That is Idris, the amazing Dad, feeding his children. It is night now and Telyn is a little restless on the nest. We hope that her stomach enzymes will eat up all that human debris.
I cannot tell you how angry I feel today. My father loved fishing. My sons loved fishing. My oldest son is in Asia at a conference and will be going fishing with friends. My grandson goes fishing. For my son the quiet in his little boat like thing in the mangroves is his sanctuary. But this puts me in a real quandry. Don quit fishing when he realised the mess that humans leave that wildlife have to deal with. I don’t even know how we could clean it up – baling twine in farming areas like Idaho and Montana. Dr Green and his team spend lots of time removing baling twine. But recently we have seen Jackie eat a hook and line. Now Telyn has. How many others that are not seen are hurting, bleeding inside from the barbs on those hooks. My only consolation – if I am right – is that the hook is smaller and barbless in the UK. I want to be hopeful.
Hugo Yugo will be going for dental surgery on Wednesday. Poor thing she had to go to let the vet have a look to make sure that she needed the surgery. Look at the two of them – Toby and Hugo Yugo are seriously joined at the hip so to speak.
Toby weighs 29.3 lbs. Hugo Yugo weighs 12.2 lbs. This carrier is meant for a 16 lb pet!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugo Yugo is so traumatised from just being at the vet that she will not stop howling. Poor thing.
The garden is beautiful now. The rain turned everything emerald green but the wind and rain destroyed the blossoms on the lilacs. The cherry blossoms lasted about 40 hours. I just love the garden right now and when I looked there are some buds on the Prairie roses.
So I want to check on some good nests and I want you to look at the calendar. Iris and Clark will be on pip watch on Monday!
Big Red’s babies are beautiful and they are getting their juvenile feathers fully in and flapping like crazy.
There is great news coming out of Dale Hollow. DH23 is back in the nest after being knocked off during a prey delivery.
Right now Louis and Dorcha have two chicks, but Geemeff thinks that there is a pip in the third egg!
Blue 210 has fed part of the dead chick to the remaining chick on the nest. Dad has brought in 3 fish and a tail, which he ate early in the day, but this nest needs more big fish! Nothing late.
I love Little Dewey.
Blue 33 feeds his babies while Maya takes a break at Rutland.
Teifi and Elen hanging out on the perch while their babies nap.
We are happy to share that Snow has not presented the medical team with any new complications since his initial assessment, and he, so far, continues to respond well to his supportive care regimen consisting of stress management, medications for pain and inflammation, and a healthy supply of clean food (he’s a hungry boy!).
We have two ways that YOU can help Snow’s recovery efforts… read on for more!
Many of you have asked for a quick explanation of what the coaptive approach to treating breaks and fractures entails:
-In scenarios where bones are still developing, the goal is to take a path that provides the highest likelihood of ensuring proper long term function.
-In Snow’s case, the curved edge carpal splint (orange foam in the photos) will support the shape of the wrist in the right wing during healing, with the splint itself being removed, and alignment inspected (using a combination of x-ray imaging and manual palpation), twice each week.
-3 to 4 times a week, the body wrap holding the splinted wing up for support (orange vet wrap tape) can be released for range of motion exercises in the shoulder and elbow while still leaving the wrist supported by the splint.
-On Snow’s left side, the ulna fracture is supported with a wing to body wrap (the pink vet wrap tape).
-This wing will also receive full range of motion therapy 3 to 4 times per week aimed at preventing synostosis (the ulna accidentally attaching to the radius) and to keep developing muscles from tightening.
One of the key medical components for the effective treatment of breaks and fractures is X-RAY IMAGING, and for Snow’s treatment plan, he will require a fair number of them throughout the process. While we do have access to off-site radiographic imaging, managing the stress of travel for patients that are already compromised is a real concern.
Fortunately, over the past 2 days, thanks to the incredible compassion and generosity of so many of you who have followed Snow’s story from the beginning, we find ourselves well on our way (35%) to being able to purchase a PORTABLE X-RAY MACHINE that would be game changing in how we are able to serve not just Snow, but ALL of our patients for years to come!
***IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE for Snow’s recovery, this is a truly impactful way to do it!
In the meantime, we will continue to serve our organization’s mission by providing Snow, and all of our patients, with the highest quality of care available! As always, you can continue to support these efforts by donating at www.northskyraptor.org/donatenow.
We genuinely couldn’t be more appreciative of the support our community has shown, and we will endeavor to keep you informed as treatment continues!”
I have nothing yet from Geemeff. It has been a busy day. I suspect the minute I hit publish she will post her daily summary. I will include it tomorrow. Take care everyone. We are enjoying a beautiful early summer evening. The birdsong is very loud in the garden but we can no longer see them for all the foliage that will keep them cool and maybe dry when it rains. We did spot a baby bunny this evening. Such a wonderful sight.
See you soon!
Thank you to ‘PB’ for persisting in getting a change at that Idaho nest. Thank you also to PB for the screen capture of Little Dewey and to everyone else who posted on FB or wrote articles, I am so grateful. To the owners of the streaming cams, thank you for letting us watch these incredible birds.
feeling grateful.
