Our cam is back up. Thank you for your patience. :)

https://www.palmetto.coop/osprey-habitats/
 

We were just informed that our website was moved to new servers last night, so the osprey cam is down until we are given the new server credentials to send the osprey images. Hope to have it back up soon.

Bea and Jasper are just a few weeks away from the chicks hatching. March 28 and March 31 will mark the fifth week for the 3rd and 4th eggs. Other than Jasper bringing in fish and then assisting with incubation, not much has been happening at the platform.
 

Today marks the second week since the third egg was laid and eleven days for the fifth egg. We don't anticipate the third egg being viable as it was not incubated for several days. The third egg is the mostly brown one.

We believe we could see some chicks after April 11th, which begins the 35th day since the first egg being laid. We haven't had any osprey chicks the last two years so we are anxiously awaiting the month of April.

We have another osprey that is attempting to land on the platform. Currently Jasper is away from the nest leaving Bea to fight off the intruder. Upon writing this Jasper has returned. 

The intruder osprey has been flying about the nest for about an hour now causing the pair a bit of stress. Bea is back to incubating the eggs.

Bea has laid her fourth egg, the second for the pair, Saturday, February 24th. the 3rd egg was laid February 21st. Initially Bea laid two eggs from a previous male, but those eggs were not incubated. The two cinnamon colored eggs are from Jasper. The brown egg is from the first male and not viable. 

Below is Jasper from this morning with the eggs. 

 

Bea has laid another egg. It is possible this egg could be produced from Jasper. The dark cinnamon colored egg is the latest egg. Bea or Jasper could push the older egg away from the nest cup since it is no longer viable.

Bea seldom incubated her first two eggs, but has immediately incubated this egg and continues to do so.

Bea laid a second egg Friday late afternoon egg - 4:20pm. This egg is undoubtedly from the male that was on the nest in January. The 1st egg is broken and the 2nd egg is being covered over. As Jasper and Bea continue to mate we await a second clutch.