TUESDAY MID-MORNING UPDATE: Baby chick is screaming for food from mama....so what else is new!? Live TV cam is only two clicks away:
First click here, then click CAM1 with the osprey on the top line.
This morning before running out the door, I checked the
live cam of the osprey nest outside of Dunkeld, Scotland. Click the link and then click CAM1 on the top line to go to the live broadcast 24/7.
Mama is now feeding her chick real food, probably a freshly caught trout she tears with her claws and feeds it mouth-to-mouth. Absolutely fascinating to watch! Could stay here all day. Don't miss tuning in, especially when something is going on. Remember, the time zone of the nest is 5-8 hours ahead of all US time zones.
There are still two eggs which should be hatching soon. Mama goes between incubating the eggs and feeding her baby chick. Don't know why they haven't yet hatched.
Time will tell.Meanwhile in other science related news!
Mama is now feeding her chick real food, probably a freshly caught trout she tears with her claws and feeds it mouth-to-mouth.
ReplyDeleteA few years ago a large corporation in my hometown of Louisville, KY, decided to do a good deed for the community. A peregrine falcon nested on a high ledge on their skyscraper office. They pointed a camera at it and began broadcasting a live internet feed as the chicks hatched.
However things went awry when the mama began feeding the chicks. Live and up close viewers were treated to pigeons and rats being torn apart to feed to the chicks.
Complaints about the gory spectacle soon forced the feed to be turned off. What started as an attempt for some good press from the educational folks became a public relations problem. I guess some were surprised that falcons didn't eat beetles and worms.
great story....indeed ospreys are real predators and ravenous scavengers....thanks for comment.
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