Hellgate Canyon MT Osprey Nest .. 2019

[Woodlands Bleu]

Don't be sorry Bev.....whatever any of us does is good and also there is the cam and the twitter next to it so it is always there...I do not do twitter, but find looking at those helpful, especially when I mess up which osprey it is.
carolyn

[IrishEyes]

Don't be sorry Bev.....whatever any of us does is good and also there is the cam and the twitter next to it so it is always there...I do not do twitter, but find looking at those helpful, especially when I mess up which osprey it is.
carolyn

Thanks Carolyn and you are right! It is just that I would have loved to had the time to be here

[Woodlands Bleu]

The moments you can be here to see Iris and Louis and their antics, Bev (and Heather) are precious. We cherish each other for what we contribute as well as what these osprey teach us about speaking up when you want something (Iris), patiently not listening when you do not want to do it (Louis) and finally helping out in times of need (fish hunger)......
It's a daily or not daily fun experience.....we love you.
carolyn

[Heather L]

Thank you Bev and Carolyn. Sorry I couldn't be here, trying to shake off a cold that is affecting my sinuses/eyes. Maybe going to bed earlier would help I see Louis is treating Iris like a Queen, nice big fish he brought for her Goodnight

[IrishEyes]

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2019

Good Morning Iris and Louis , Carolyn , Heather and everyone .. Hope you will be feeling better soon Heather

Weather Report

5:03a
IR is on and it is raining at the empty nest

From last evening with thanks to LawLin 72 .. Evening fish for Iris April 8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp4Stj9Wqeg

[Woodlands Bleu]

8:36 am

Iris politely sitting on the perch,
talons curled and ready to get a fish,
whenever one arrives she is on the spot,
and if she does not get one you will hear the noise......

Far......

Good Morning all...feel better Heather....
carolyn

[Ferenz]

Hello Bev, Carolyn, Heather and others

[Ferenz]

[IrishEyes]

Great scaps Ferenz and Carolyn for the obs !

With thanks to Hellgate Osprey

[IrishEyes]

10:54a
Pouring rain /snow ...... Iris is on the nest calling and Louis is on the perch

11am

[Woodlands Bleu]

The raindrops on feathers is incredible....thanks Ferenz and Bev for all your posts. Golly it's yucky there.
carolyn

[Woodlands Bleu]

3:32 pm

"Singing in the snow, she's singing in the snow,
what a glorious feeling we're happy to know,
the mountains are white, and that is despite,
it's April and Iris is singing in the snow".......

Snow, wet, sticks, no fish.......
carolyn

[IrishEyes]

Thanks Carolyn for the poem !

I haven't a clue what went on here today!
8:06p
I think this is Iris perched above the nest

It is late here on the east coast

Goodnight Iris, Louis, Carolyn , Ferenz , Heather and everyone!

[Woodlands Bleu]

Aha, but I know what went on here today.....There was a lot of sitting on the perch, sometimes just Iris, sometimes just Louis, sometimes both. Louis brought many sticks, a small fish or two, Iris took it gratefully (not the stick, the fish) and they got snow on their feathers which now seems to have melted.

It was a "sitting around the house" kind of day for them due to the wet, snowy weather.
carolyn

[Heather L]

Thank you Bev for your updates and scaps , I am feeling better tonight. Thank you Carolyn love reading your posts and poem . Snowed today
Thank you Ferenz, beautiful scaps of water droplets on Iris's feathers. Goodnight everyone

[IrishEyes]

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2019

Good Morning Iris, Louis,Carolyn, Heather, Ferenz and everyone ! !

Weather Report

4:58am
Raining ..One is perched above the nest calling

From Cam chat with thanks to Hellgate Osprey

[IrishEyes]

5:14a
Windy and Louis is preening

Louis peering over the nest

5:17a

[IrishEyes]

From the DVR Louis flew in at 4:25a.. see him coming upper right off the screen ..

Lands on the perch above the nest

Peering over the area

End of the DVR scaps ~

[IrishEyes]

5:26a
Windy , raining and Louis is preening

[Ferenz]

Good morning Bev, Carolyn, Heather & others - Louis on guard

[Ferenz]

Iris' arrival with fish

[Ferenz]

Louis & Iris mating

[IrishEyes]

Thanks so much Ferenz for the beautiful caps and obs .

3:15pm
Rain at the empty nest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIX3lhyTMQk with thanks to LawLin 72 . Incredible Close Up Views of Iris, April 09, 2019

[IrishEyes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZuo4wN7M0\.. with thanks to LawLin 72

Hellgate Canyon Ospreys ~ A Very Snowy Day With Iris & Louis, April 09, 2019

[Woodlands Bleu]

Great captures Ferenz and Bev.....great videos by LawLin.....fabulous. (I took a break today). I love the snowy day video, it's so perfect.
carolyn

[IrishEyes]

8:43pm
Getting dark at the empty nest

Goodnight Iris , Louis, Carolyn , Ferenz , Heather and all !

[Heather L]

Thank you and Goodnight Bev and Ferenz. Goodnight Carolyn.

[IrishEyes]

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019

Good Morning Hellgate, Carolyn, Ferenz , Heather and all !

Weather Report

Iris is perched above the nest
6:07a

[IrishEyes]

From the DVR Iris is on the nest ..Louis flies in and they mate

6:41 a

[IrishEyes]

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