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Perky Osprey Chick Growing Steadily: Will It Be the Lone Nestling? – May 11 ,2017

2,138 views · Published 11 May 2017 · 4:42 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: Cornell Lab Bird Cams · 2017 · Pets & Animals

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The lone Osprey chick is getting bigger and more feisty by the day, but it remains uncertain whether this chick will continue to be the solo inhabitant in the nest or if any of the other eggs will hatch. According to studies on breeding Ospreys in the United States, the incubation period for viable eggs ranges between 34 and 43 days. May 11 marks days 42 and 37 of incubation for the second and third eggs, respectively.

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During the Fall of 2014, a pair of Great Horned Owls began frequenting this recently abandoned Bald Eagle nest adjacent to a protected, nutrient-rich salt marsh along the Georgia coast. The nest sits nearly 80′ above one of the six Audubon International Certified golf courses at The Landings, on Skidaway Island, near Savannah, Georgia. Over the course of 2015 and 2016, a pair of owls successfully fledged four owlets from the site, but they did not return to breed in 2017. 

Instead, a pair of Ospreys began renovating the nest and committed to breeding in the same site for 2017.
Ospreys are consummate fishing birds, and this pair fishes primarily from the nearby salt marsh, ponds, and waterways. They use their 6–7 foot wingspans to soar above the water, looking for fish, then diving as deep as 3 feet for shallow-swimming prey. Adult Ospreys usually weigh 3–4 pounds, and they can carry prey up to 50 percent of their own weight. Ospreys can live up to 25 years, and they typically lay 1–4 eggs in a clutch.

Most Osprey pairs are monogamous, staying paired across seasons and beginning nesting soon after each returns from a long migration. Both sexes incubate the eggs. The female sits for the majority of the time (including throughout the night) while the male provisions her with fish. After the eggs hatch, the male continues to bring fish to the nest; the female exclusively broods the young and dissects their meals for about a month after hatching. Later on, when the chicks no longer require her protection and their appetite for fish increases, she will leave the nest and go fishing.
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