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Osprey Chick Fledges In Savannah, Georgia! – June 11, 2018

2,125 views · Published 11 June 2018 · 13:37 · Indexed 22 October 2026

Channel: Cornell Lab Bird Cams · 2018 · Pets & Animals

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Skidaway Island welcomed its newest Osprey fledgling this morning at 7:36 AM!!!

After spending 57 days in the nest, watch the Osprey chick from the Savannah Osprey cam lift off from the nest and make a confident, gliding flight around the cam site before returning to the perch. The young bird wasn't done, either. Minutes later, it took off again, circled the nest site, and alighted on the cam perch. 

Now that the Osprey chick has fledged, the adults will continue to supplement the young bird as it hones its flying skills and learns to fish. Recent fledglings may stay in or near the nest for multiple weeks as they learn to become independent, so there should still plenty opportunities to watch this family grow! 

Thanks to all of our viewers who learned along with us while watching a bobble-headed hatchling grow into a high-flying juvenile bird. And special thanks to our cam partners at Skidaway Audubon for helping to share the intimate lives of these nesting Ospreys over a successful breeding season!


Three camera views are available—two PTZ cameras and a fixed cam. Mouse over the playhead and click on the little camera with the arrows inside it, then select the camera you'd like to view.

Watch live at www.allaboutbirds.org/savannahospreys

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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