The two chicks, TT and JW, are doing quite well. Both are nice and plump and are starting to loose their darker down and are beginning to grow their pin feathers. Pin feathers or otherwise known as "blood feathers" is a developing feather on a bird. The feather is rolled and protected in a tube-like shaft that contains blood vessels, which nourish the feather's growth. 

The top two photos have JW on the left and TT on the right. 

The bottom photo is a close-up of TT. You can see the development of the feathers. In the close-up of TT you will notice the deep red eye color. As the osprey's grow into juveniles the eye color will change to an orange-yellow to yellow once they become adults.

The chicks TT and JW are doing well and have added much weight since their last photos, especially TT. TT has been a bit aggressive towards JW, but in the last few days that has eased up a bit which we hope that trend continues. The top photo has TT on the top and JW towards the bottom. The bottom photo is a close-up of JW.

It appears Bea and Jasper have lost their youngest hatchling, LT. Upon leaving work yesterday the chick appeared to be doing well. The loss of the one will give the two remaining chicks a better chance of survival.

 We now have three chicks in the nest: TT, JW and LT. 

We possibly have a pip in an egg. If a chick hatches today would mark 39 days since it was first laid.

Osprey chicks use an egg tooth on the upper beak to help break the inner shell which they repeatedly tap to free themselves.

Bea and Jasper continue to incubate their three eggs. Today marks the 20th day since the first egg was laid. We could see a chick around April 24th or so. 

 It appears the pair, Bea and Jasper, will have three eggs this season. The third egg was laid March 24th. Ospreys usually lay eggs 1 - 3 days apart. The chicks will hatch in the order the eggs were laid.

Along with the eggs is a photo of Jasper incubating the clutch. Jasper will continue to share the task of incubating the eggs until the chicks hatch, when he will then provide fish for his family.

 We now have three eggs.

Bean and Jasper have their second egg as of Monday morning, March 22nd.

 

 We have our first egg of the 2021 season. We believe Bea laid the egg this morning. 

Finally the pair has their act together and started their next clutch. Bea and Jasper haven't started this late since 2013 when their first egg was laid on March 13th. Prior to that they had late dates of March 24th in 2012 and March 25th in 2011.