HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
WELCOME TO THE 2019 SEASON OF THE HALIFAX OSPREY NEST
LinK to Cam .
https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/en/webcams/ospreycam/
You Tube link to this cam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdeoFCuuEJ8
No IR and No sound on this Cam...
THIS NEST IS ON ADT
Thank you N.S. Power and the Halifax Museum of Natural History for this cam and thank you HWF for featuring it on your website along with a nest thread where we can post our observations, scaps and videos......giving us the opportunity to learn about these beautiful birds....
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WEATHER
In 2008 Nova Scotia Power and the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History launched the Osprey cam to track the family of Ethel and Oscar and their offspring.. after nesting on a utility pole, power line technicians moved the nest to a safe location where the Osprey have returned to each spring.. for the protection of the birds the actual location of the nest is not released.
Last season Ethel laid 3 eggs .... Two hatched and Ethel and Oscar two healthy chicks and both fledged successfully !
Egg Incubation Period... 35-42 days.. and we have seen the eggs hatch later in some cases.
You can read all aboout 2018 here
viewtopic.php?f=38&t=65&p=406#p406
LinK to Cam .
https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/en/webcams/ospreycam/
You Tube link to this cam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdeoFCuuEJ8
No IR and No sound on this Cam...
THIS NEST IS ON ADT
Thank you N.S. Power and the Halifax Museum of Natural History for this cam and thank you HWF for featuring it on your website along with a nest thread where we can post our observations, scaps and videos......giving us the opportunity to learn about these beautiful birds....
Look Here
WEATHER
In 2008 Nova Scotia Power and the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History launched the Osprey cam to track the family of Ethel and Oscar and their offspring.. after nesting on a utility pole, power line technicians moved the nest to a safe location where the Osprey have returned to each spring.. for the protection of the birds the actual location of the nest is not released.
Last season Ethel laid 3 eggs .... Two hatched and Ethel and Oscar two healthy chicks and both fledged successfully !
Egg Incubation Period... 35-42 days.. and we have seen the eggs hatch later in some cases.
You can read all aboout 2018 here
viewtopic.php?f=38&t=65&p=406#p406
Re: HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
Time Line
[*] Cam on Line .. April 17
[*]Adults Return ..April 17 ... Both on the nest
[*]Eggs Laid.. Egg #1 May 2 at approx. 8:05 am ..Egg # 2 May 5 seen at 8:05a .. Eggs # 3 May 8 at 5am
View of 3 eggs
[*] Eggs Hatched .. June 11.. Chick #1 seen at 6:37a .. 40 days old .. June 13 .. Chick #2 seen at 7:38pm 39days old
Sadly Egg # 3 didn't hatch !
[*]Chicks named July 1 .. C1 is Ollie .. C2 is Handel ..thanks Carolyn ..
viewtopic.php?p=219437#p219437
July 23 ,2019..Attempted self feeding.. Ollie 6 weeks old.. Handel 5 weeks +5days .. start here
viewtopic.php?p=228424#p228424
July 29 at 5:03pm ...Ollie eats her first whole fish..Ollie is 6 weeks + 6 days old or 48days old
viewtopic.php?p=230205#p230205
July 29 at 6:20pm
Handel and Ollie shared Fish # 9.. Ollie 6 weeks + 6 DAYs(48Days) Handel is 6 weeks + 4 days ( 46days) .. Start here
viewtopic.php?f=38&t=359&p=230223#p230223
[*]Fledged
Sunday Aug .4 at 6:17p Ollie Accidentally Fledged 7 weeks + 5 days old( 54 days old)
viewtopic.php?p=231701#p231701
Monday Aug.5 Handle..7 weeks + 4 days old( 53days old )
Wednesday Aug'7 .. Ollie and Handle spent their first alone ..Ollie is 7 weeks + 5 day( 57days old) ..Handel is 7 week + 6 days (55days old )
viewtopic.php?p=232286#p232286
Saturday , Aug. 10.. Ollie sleeping of nest for the first time ..Olliie is 8 weeks + 4 days ( 60 days old )
viewtopic.php?p=232869#p232869
Monday, August 12 .. Handel sleeping of nest for the first time ... Handel is 8 weeks + 4 days ( 60days old )
viewtopic.php?p=233200#p233200
[*] Last seen Mom August 31 , Ollie September 1 , 11 weeks + 5 days..( 82 days.)
Dad and Handel Sept .7 ..Handel 12 weeks + 2 days old ( 86days ) We believe that Dad and Handel took shelter the morning of the storm and left the next day Sept.8 when the cam was down .
[*] Cam on Line .. April 17
[*]Adults Return ..April 17 ... Both on the nest
[*]Eggs Laid.. Egg #1 May 2 at approx. 8:05 am ..Egg # 2 May 5 seen at 8:05a .. Eggs # 3 May 8 at 5am
View of 3 eggs
[*] Eggs Hatched .. June 11.. Chick #1 seen at 6:37a .. 40 days old .. June 13 .. Chick #2 seen at 7:38pm 39days old
Sadly Egg # 3 didn't hatch !
[*]Chicks named July 1 .. C1 is Ollie .. C2 is Handel ..thanks Carolyn ..
viewtopic.php?p=219437#p219437
July 23 ,2019..Attempted self feeding.. Ollie 6 weeks old.. Handel 5 weeks +5days .. start here
viewtopic.php?p=228424#p228424
July 29 at 5:03pm ...Ollie eats her first whole fish..Ollie is 6 weeks + 6 days old or 48days old
viewtopic.php?p=230205#p230205
July 29 at 6:20pm
Handel and Ollie shared Fish # 9.. Ollie 6 weeks + 6 DAYs(48Days) Handel is 6 weeks + 4 days ( 46days) .. Start here
viewtopic.php?f=38&t=359&p=230223#p230223
[*]Fledged
Sunday Aug .4 at 6:17p Ollie Accidentally Fledged 7 weeks + 5 days old( 54 days old)
viewtopic.php?p=231701#p231701
Monday Aug.5 Handle..7 weeks + 4 days old( 53days old )
Wednesday Aug'7 .. Ollie and Handle spent their first alone ..Ollie is 7 weeks + 5 day( 57days old) ..Handel is 7 week + 6 days (55days old )
viewtopic.php?p=232286#p232286
Saturday , Aug. 10.. Ollie sleeping of nest for the first time ..Olliie is 8 weeks + 4 days ( 60 days old )
viewtopic.php?p=232869#p232869
Monday, August 12 .. Handel sleeping of nest for the first time ... Handel is 8 weeks + 4 days ( 60days old )
viewtopic.php?p=233200#p233200
[*] Last seen Mom August 31 , Ollie September 1 , 11 weeks + 5 days..( 82 days.)
Dad and Handel Sept .7 ..Handel 12 weeks + 2 days old ( 86days ) We believe that Dad and Handel took shelter the morning of the storm and left the next day Sept.8 when the cam was down .
Re: HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
Information..
Bonding. The pair are confirming their bond from last season.
Mating, you will see the female's tail up.
Possessive, you will see a quick on and off by the male, and other indications off territory disputes.
Post by Judy B re ...Osprey
Osprey information
Osprey Facts.....Rutland Osprey
2014 Ground pictures of this nest
Ground Pictures of Nest visit August 7 , 2018
viewtopic.php?p=93688#p93688
The annual migration by Ospreys from northern breeding grounds to southern wintering spots and back again never ceases to amaze or raise questions. Here, Dr. Bob Kennedy answers a few
Read Here and Scroll Down
Osprey with fishDescription: Also known as the “fish hawk,” ospreys are raptors that are well adapted for fishing. They have long legs and large feet with specialized barbs on the pads, hooked talons, and a reversible outer toe that allows them to easily grasp fish with two toes pointing front and two pointing rear. They have an oily waterproof coating on their wings, and they can close their nostrils when they plunge into the water. They have slender bodies and long wings that are bent at the ‘wrist’. Their strong wings give them extra lift to fly up and out of the water with a heavy fish. They have a black bill with a sharp hook for eating fish.
Here is great article on
Bird Emotions
Do Birds Have Feelings?
BY MELISSA MAYNTZ
Updated 02/23/17
https://www.thespruce.com/examining-bir ... ons-386439
Bonding. The pair are confirming their bond from last season.
Mating, you will see the female's tail up.
Possessive, you will see a quick on and off by the male, and other indications off territory disputes.
Post by Judy B re ...Osprey
Osprey information
Osprey Facts.....Rutland Osprey
2014 Ground pictures of this nest
Ground Pictures of Nest visit August 7 , 2018
viewtopic.php?p=93688#p93688
The annual migration by Ospreys from northern breeding grounds to southern wintering spots and back again never ceases to amaze or raise questions. Here, Dr. Bob Kennedy answers a few
Read Here and Scroll Down
Osprey with fishDescription: Also known as the “fish hawk,” ospreys are raptors that are well adapted for fishing. They have long legs and large feet with specialized barbs on the pads, hooked talons, and a reversible outer toe that allows them to easily grasp fish with two toes pointing front and two pointing rear. They have an oily waterproof coating on their wings, and they can close their nostrils when they plunge into the water. They have slender bodies and long wings that are bent at the ‘wrist’. Their strong wings give them extra lift to fly up and out of the water with a heavy fish. They have a black bill with a sharp hook for eating fish.
Here is great article on
Bird Emotions
Do Birds Have Feelings?
BY MELISSA MAYNTZ
Updated 02/23/17
https://www.thespruce.com/examining-bir ... ons-386439
Re: HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
Interesting articles re Osprey!
http://thewildlifewriter.blogspot.com/2 ... -away.html
Re Bobbing their heads
https://puleston.osprey.bnl.org/Message ... 371&mess=3
http://thewildlifewriter.blogspot.com/2 ... -away.html
Re Bobbing their heads
https://puleston.osprey.bnl.org/Message ... 371&mess=3
Re: HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
Excellent Article by Judy B
http://archive.hancockwildlife.org/foru ... 748#673748
Articles by Irish Eyes '
http://archive.hancockwildlife.org/foru ... 382#686382
Article by Dr. Eric Green
https://novascotia.ca/natr/wildlife/con ... spreys.asp
Note of interest.. Mc Nabs Island is across the water from where live... we went there a few times in our row boat ! well I only went once !
I guess what I am saying is that Fledging osprey are not taught to fish.. they learn on their own and by watching ... another example is Osprey in Hack Towers .. they are on their own..
http://archive.hancockwildlife.org/foru ... 748#673748
Articles by Irish Eyes '
http://archive.hancockwildlife.org/foru ... 382#686382
Article by Dr. Eric Green
https://novascotia.ca/natr/wildlife/con ... spreys.asp
Note of interest.. Mc Nabs Island is across the water from where live... we went there a few times in our row boat ! well I only went once !
I guess what I am saying is that Fledging osprey are not taught to fish.. they learn on their own and by watching ... another example is Osprey in Hack Towers .. they are on their own..
Re: HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
May 22 Intruder on the nest
viewtopic.php?p=201654#p201654
Posting this here for now
June 29 at 8:24pm ...Dad in with a fish
viewtopic.php?p=218739#p218739
viewtopic.php?p=201654#p201654
Posting this here for now
June 29 at 8:24pm ...Dad in with a fish
viewtopic.php?p=218739#p218739
Re: HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
From Dunedin FaceBook and there is a Video!
https://www.facebook.com/StirlingandPin ... 1944598955
There are over 300 species of birds of prey in the world, but just one of these has evolved to eat fish only - the osprey. So over the last 15 million years they have evolved some pretty cool adaptations to make them superbly suited to a life of catching and eating fish. Here are 10 of them:
1. Osprey legs (tarsi) are reticulate (scaly). Think of a goalkeeper which has padded gloves for better gripping of the ball. Same with ospreys and scaly legs to better hold on to its prey.
2. Most raptors have toes which vary in size, ospreys don't. All four of its toes are the same length.
3. Most raptors have talons with groves in them, running along their length. Ospreys don't - their talons are perfectly round.
4. Unlike any other raptor (excluding owls), ospreys can reverse their outer toe. Normally, they have three toes pointing forward and one back when perching. But when grabbing a slippery fish, they will hold it with two toes pointing forward, two back. This toe arrangement has a posh Latin name: Zygodactyly.
5. The osprey has large, scaly feet with sharp 'spicules' (little spines) beneath the talons for better grip of slippery fish.
6. Ospreys have a specialised intestine with very strong enzymes to break down and absorb their fish meal - even the bones. Ospreys very rarely cough up undigested pellets like some other birds of prey do.
7. Ospreys have a strongly developed uropygial gland (Oil gland). It is situated at the osprey's rump by the tail feathers and the osprey spreads the oil produced around its feathers by rubbing it and then preening. It has both a waterproofing function (handy for ospreys!) and an anti-parasitic function.
8. An osprey's nostril is long and slit-like (most birds of prey have round nostrils) and can be closed during underwater dives so that water doesn't enter the nasal cavities (a bit like nose-plugs in the swimming pool!)
9. Osprey are born with black eyes, then they change to blue, and then amber-brown. By the time British ospreys return from Africa as two year olds, they have changed again! Adult ospreys have yellow eyes (apart from Monty because he's special - he still has amber coloured eyes)
10. Here's one for Mum and Dad's quiz night.. All the bird of prey species in the UK have yellow legs and feet - apart from one which has white legs and feet. The osprey!
https://www.facebook.com/StirlingandPin ... 1944598955
There are over 300 species of birds of prey in the world, but just one of these has evolved to eat fish only - the osprey. So over the last 15 million years they have evolved some pretty cool adaptations to make them superbly suited to a life of catching and eating fish. Here are 10 of them:
1. Osprey legs (tarsi) are reticulate (scaly). Think of a goalkeeper which has padded gloves for better gripping of the ball. Same with ospreys and scaly legs to better hold on to its prey.
2. Most raptors have toes which vary in size, ospreys don't. All four of its toes are the same length.
3. Most raptors have talons with groves in them, running along their length. Ospreys don't - their talons are perfectly round.
4. Unlike any other raptor (excluding owls), ospreys can reverse their outer toe. Normally, they have three toes pointing forward and one back when perching. But when grabbing a slippery fish, they will hold it with two toes pointing forward, two back. This toe arrangement has a posh Latin name: Zygodactyly.
5. The osprey has large, scaly feet with sharp 'spicules' (little spines) beneath the talons for better grip of slippery fish.
6. Ospreys have a specialised intestine with very strong enzymes to break down and absorb their fish meal - even the bones. Ospreys very rarely cough up undigested pellets like some other birds of prey do.
7. Ospreys have a strongly developed uropygial gland (Oil gland). It is situated at the osprey's rump by the tail feathers and the osprey spreads the oil produced around its feathers by rubbing it and then preening. It has both a waterproofing function (handy for ospreys!) and an anti-parasitic function.
8. An osprey's nostril is long and slit-like (most birds of prey have round nostrils) and can be closed during underwater dives so that water doesn't enter the nasal cavities (a bit like nose-plugs in the swimming pool!)
9. Osprey are born with black eyes, then they change to blue, and then amber-brown. By the time British ospreys return from Africa as two year olds, they have changed again! Adult ospreys have yellow eyes (apart from Monty because he's special - he still has amber coloured eyes)
10. Here's one for Mum and Dad's quiz night.. All the bird of prey species in the UK have yellow legs and feet - apart from one which has white legs and feet. The osprey!
Re: HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
FYI \\This is the Red Fish we are seeing
https://www.seafoodsource.com/seafood-h ... ntic-ocean
Perch, Atlantic Ocean
January 23, 2014
Although the Pacific Ocean claims over 50 species in the Sebastes genus, the Atlantic has only one ocean perch, a slow-growing, deepwater fish with bright-red or orange-red coloring. Atlantic ocean perch are not actually perch. They’re rockfish that travel in large schools. They are called redfish in New England and eastern Canada and should not be confused with redfish from the Gulf of Mexico, which are drums. Ocean perch is a leading retail product in the Midwest, where the name “perch” is an easy sell because of its freshwater connotation. Atlantic ocean perch are found in offshore waters of the Atlantic from southern Labrador to the Gulf of Maine and on the other side of the Atlantic off Germany, Denmark, Iceland and Norway. Most Atlantic ocean perch are trawl-caught and weigh up to 5 pounds, though market weights typically range from 1 1/2 to 2 pounds.
Thanks Agnes for researching this
Link
https://www.seafoodsource.com/seafood-h ... ntic-ocean
Perch, Atlantic Ocean
January 23, 2014
Although the Pacific Ocean claims over 50 species in the Sebastes genus, the Atlantic has only one ocean perch, a slow-growing, deepwater fish with bright-red or orange-red coloring. Atlantic ocean perch are not actually perch. They’re rockfish that travel in large schools. They are called redfish in New England and eastern Canada and should not be confused with redfish from the Gulf of Mexico, which are drums. Ocean perch is a leading retail product in the Midwest, where the name “perch” is an easy sell because of its freshwater connotation. Atlantic ocean perch are found in offshore waters of the Atlantic from southern Labrador to the Gulf of Maine and on the other side of the Atlantic off Germany, Denmark, Iceland and Norway. Most Atlantic ocean perch are trawl-caught and weigh up to 5 pounds, though market weights typically range from 1 1/2 to 2 pounds.
Thanks Agnes for researching this
Re: HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
August 21 .. Ollie .. 10 week + one day steals fish from Mom
viewtopic.php?p=234800#p234800
August 21 ..Visitor Juvenile Osprey flying above the nest
viewtopic.php?p=234837#p234837
August 24 .. Crow in the nest
viewtopic.php?p=235456#p235456
FMI
Aug 31 Mom in the nest with a fish
Sept 1 Dad Ollie and Handel
viewtopic.php?p=234800#p234800
August 21 ..Visitor Juvenile Osprey flying above the nest
viewtopic.php?p=234837#p234837
August 24 .. Crow in the nest
viewtopic.php?p=235456#p235456
FMI
Aug 31 Mom in the nest with a fish
Sept 1 Dad Ollie and Handel
Re: HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
WEDNESDAY , APRIL 17, 2019
Welcome home Ethel and Oscar
With thanks to Sue D
The ospreys have returned, and the cam is up! Not sure I like what's on the nest, though. Bev, do you know if that's part of the nest structure? And if not, will anyone will do nest maintenance or cleanup?
Welcome home Ethel and Oscar
With thanks to Sue D
The ospreys have returned, and the cam is up! Not sure I like what's on the nest, though. Bev, do you know if that's part of the nest structure? And if not, will anyone will do nest maintenance or cleanup?
Re: HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
Thanks Sue for the heads up... Welcome home Ethel and Oscar ..Looks like the nest took a beating from all the rain and wind .. No Sue the Osprey will have to do their own nest maintenance ..it wouldn't be wise for humans to that .. it could scare the Osprey off !
I will lock this thread and open the new one ...BRB
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Ah, that's what I thought. Thanks, Bev! Hopefully Ethel and Oscar will cover all that up with twigs and nesting material
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Re: HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
Nice to see them Bev and Sue....Now we hope that blows off the nest as we hope each year.
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Re: HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
6:30pm
Peeking .... the sun is shinning and I think maybe this is Oscar on the nest
Peeking .... the sun is shinning and I think maybe this is Oscar on the nest
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Re: HALIFAX OSPREY NEST ... 2019
They have a lot of work to do, yet you know they'll do it.
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An upside down dog is a happy dog dreaming sweet dreams.
carolyn
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