June 05, 2005
Missing Egg
We wanted to provide an update of the day's action for our cam watchers. At around 4:30am, we can confirm that we had three eggs, but it seems that sometime after that we lost sight of one of them.
Throughout the afternoon, we did not see three eggs in the nest -- only two. That means one of several things: The egg is there but buried under nesting material; the egg hatched but the chick did not make it; the egg hatched but the chick cannot be seen in the nest so far.
We doubt that a predator got to the egg, because the female has been doing a good job of staying with the eggs in the evening and we did not see the parents away from the nest for long periods in the morning.
The mother osprey has not been acting as though she has a chick in the nest, so we're not sure what we have at this point. We'll have to continue to watch the nest closely tonight and tomorrow to see if we can tell more.
We want to thank all those who sent us photos throughout the day and helped us keep an eye on the eggs. We'll update the Gallery later tomorrow.
Until next time,
Lisa - webmaster
