Nearly got hypothermia installing a camera on the osprey nest before the sea hawks returned in mid-March. Since then we’ve seen a male claim the nest, soaring around to attract a mate. Then a female appeared, and in early May we saw three eggs.
We’ve long watched a pair appear each March — a pitstop on their long migration to Central or South America. They’ll raise 2-3 fledglings, teach them to fly (flapping their wings “hey, like this” from a nearby pier.)
I’ve wanted for years to set up a camera to get a closer look. It’s been awesome. The video is captured by a regular Ring spotlight camera, with a solar panel on the flip side of a 2×4. The cam gets a wifi-signal from an access point I placed on our pier. We get motion alerts on an app when there’s activity. And the first eggs were spotted using the camera’s night vision view — the eggs were much more distinct in infrared.
Looking forward to seeing the eggs hatch, that takes a few months, then see them grow, learn to fly and then, when the parents head off, watch them hang around for a bit on their own, then start their migration.
“Hey, do you mind? A little privacy…”
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