The female osprey at Middle Farms nest has laid her first egg of the year. Thanks to help from Vicki Rafferty we believe it was shortly after 2 PM on April 24, 2023. During the first day, both osprey took turns tending to the egg and the nest. The video clips below highlight some
On March 22, 2023, the FIFD executed a controlled burn at Middle Farms. The osprey were both on the nest just before the burn but did not stick around. Later that evening, after the burn, a Red-tailed Hawk briefly visited the nest. Live Osprey Cam
On March 21 Carolyn Ross spotted an osprey on the Middle Farms nest. We checked the video archive and confirmed that a female landed at 6:45 AM with a male osprey landing moments later. During the first half hour the osprey remained on separate sides of the nest. PLEASE NOTE: We had technical
Two osprey were spotted on Middle Farms nest early Tuesday morning March 21, 2023! A special thanks to Carolyn Ross for providing the screen capture and exciting news. Live Osprey Cam
On the morning of October 4, 2022, an American bald eagle visited Middle Farms osprey nest to feed. Osprey Cam
On September 15, 2022 one of the juvenile osprey briefly stopped by Middle Farms nest for a final visit of the season. Moments after leaving, another osprey flies by the camera but it is not clear if this was the sibling, one of the adults – or another osprey. The clips below capture two
Beginning late August the two juvenile osprey were rarely seen getting along on Middle Farms nest, as competition for fish – and the osprey nest became more regular occurrences. The clips below capture some of the battles through the beginning of September. As the days are getting shorter, it is expected that the osprey
During the first two weeks of August, the juvenile osprey returned to Middle Farms nest multiple times daily for feedings. For the most part, they now wanted to feed themselves, so battles for the fish became a regular sighting and the prey was often taken away from the nest to be eaten nearby. It
Eight weeks and one day after the first egg hatched at Middle Farms, the osprey cam captured the first flight from the nest by both juveniles on July 31, 2022. Shortly after 8 am the first one flew from the nest. Later that morning shortly after 11 am, the second osprey took its first
Sometime around six weeks after hatching, the osprey chicks at Middle Farms nest began to test their wings. After seven weeks, they were hopping around the nest more often exercising their wing muscles – and began to achieve lift-off from the nest. It is expected that they will be leaving the nest for short
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