[cayugabirds-l] Two Osprey chicks, perhaps 3 at Salt Point

2014-06-19 Thread Candace Cornell
It's been frustrating since the Salt Point osprey nest is a few inches deeper than last year, but now that warm weather has come, I have finally seen this year's chicks—the eldest is 20 days old, the next looks about 17 days, and there may be a third like last year, but it is too difficult to see i

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Two Osprey chicks, perhaps 3 at Salt Point

2014-06-19 Thread Bill Evans
Osprey chicks, perhaps 3 at Salt Point It's been frustrating since the Salt Point osprey nest is a few inches deeper than last year, but now that warm weather has come, I have finally seen this year's chicks—the eldest is 20 days old, the next looks about 17 days, and there may be a third

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Two Osprey chicks, perhaps 3 at Salt Point

2014-06-20 Thread Candace Cornell
ERRATA: The eldest osprey chick at Salt Point hatched June 7, 2014 and is *13 days old *today. The second chick is *10 days old* and I still have had no clear evidence of a third chick yet. They raised three chicks last year, unusual for a first brood, and I was unable to see a third egg laid so t