We will work on compiling another compilation video of the 2022 nesting season for Annie and Squam but for now, thank you all for watching,Įnjoying and supporting Greenbelt's Osprey Program. Leave out on the salt marsh through out the winter. And the equipment is too expensive and vulnerable the The Osprey activity is obviously done for the year, and there is not much of a compelling reason to keep paying to stream the live video. Send any questions or comments to )Update #23, As happens each year, we have taken down the Ospre圜am and associated equipment (solar panels, control boxes, batteries). As a quick reminder, here is their history: 2022 - fledged 3 young 2021 - fledged 2 young 2020 - fledged 3 young 2019 - fledged 1 young 2018 - built first nest, no eggs laid They have not arrived yet although Osprey are being sited throughout the region. The webcam went live today and we are all excited to see another breeding season unfold for Annie and Squam. ******* Update #1, MaGreetings to all 2023 Ospre圜am viewers. So for now we watch and wait and hope the breeding season for Annie and Squam progresses normally. In 2022, the firstĮgg was layed on April 30. My expectation is that we will observe significant nest building in the next 2-3 weeks, with some courtship behavior mingled in as we get further into April. Particularly in 2021, his presence delayed Annie's egg laying. To my knowledge, the intruding banded male who visited the nest the past 2 years has not been seen this year - a good thing, as Squam immediately started bringing in a few bits of nesting material, but there are still stretches with neither Squam arrived first on March 29, then Annie followed that same day we think. Hopefully Squam and Annie will defend their nest from this intruder - again! ******* Update #2, ApAnnie and Squam survived their respective winters - where ever they may have been - and are back on the nest. This is almost certainly the same banded male who hasĪppeared over the past 2 years and caused some disruption. ******* Update #3, ApQuick note.today I observed the banded male on the nest. The banded male does seem to have stayed around although he could reappear ayĪny moment. ******* Update #4, ApAll seems well with Annie and Squam. In 2022, the first egg was laid April 29 and the first chick hatched June 7 Some quick math suggests that the hatch date for the first egg will be on or around June 4 (40 days). We will key watch now for additional eggs, but I suspect she will have a full clutch of eggs (3-4) by the end of the Is the earliest egg she has laid to date, and 4 days earliers than 2022. Send any questions or comments to #5, ApAnnie laid her first egg today, probably very early this morning, as the egg was visible at 0559 hrs when the camera activated for the day. Submitted by Dave Rimmer, Osprey Program Director. Greenbelt's Ospre圜am is located in Gloucester, MA on Greenbelt salt marsh near LobstaLand Restaurant.
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