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elleng

(141,926 posts) Tue Apr 30, 2024, 01:25 PM Apr 2024

Mr. + Mrs. Osprey on nest, otd 2021

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Mr. + Mrs. Osprey on nest, otd 2021 (Original Post) elleng Apr 2024 OP

Beatiful birds!!! MontanaMama Apr 2024 #1

Thanks, been following Iris! elleng Apr 2024 #2

Yeah. Springtime in the Rockies. MontanaMama Apr 2024 #3

She does seem to attract characters, eh??? elleng Apr 2024 #4

Not the best judge of mates for sure. MontanaMama Apr 2024 #5

YES Louis was a cad!!! elleng Apr 2024 #6

Sounds like a regular osprey soap opera! ShazzieB Apr 2024 #7

MontanaMama

(24,751 posts)

1. Beatiful birds!!!

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 01:31 PM

Apr 2024

I always think of you, elleng, when Iris returns to her nest at the mouth of Hellgate Canyon. She arrived on April 5th. Yesterday she had a friend on the nest with her. We're all watching and hoping she has a successful clutch this season. Today it is snowing and blowing...but she's chirping away and seems in good shape...at 25 years old!

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/hellgate-ospreys/#

elleng

(141,926 posts)

2. Thanks, been following Iris!

Reply to MontanaMama (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 01:39 PM

Apr 2024

Sadly, haven't seen or heard from 'mine' this year, but goslings will likely walk around my yard soon, as goose off nest.

Snowing!!! 76 here now! a bit breezy.

MontanaMama

(24,751 posts)

3. Yeah. Springtime in the Rockies.

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 01:53 PM

Apr 2024

It won't stick but it's cold!!

On edit: Her friend is back!! Look: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/hellgate-ospreys/#

elleng

(141,926 posts)

4. She does seem to attract characters, eh???

Reply to MontanaMama (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 01:56 PM

Apr 2024

MontanaMama

(24,751 posts)

5. Not the best judge of mates for sure.

Reply to elleng (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 02:02 PM

Apr 2024

But Iris has a good time. Her beau, Louis, left her for Starla and they now reside at Paddlehead Stadium (formerly Osprey Stadium). Louis was a cad. She's better off without him.

elleng

(141,926 posts)

6. YES Louis was a cad!!!

Reply to MontanaMama (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 02:19 PM

Apr 2024

ShazzieB

(22,882 posts)

7. Sounds like a regular osprey soap opera!

Reply to MontanaMama (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 05:36 PM

Apr 2024

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