Ospreys are back in the nest at Lake Capote!

osprey nest pole

The female arrived March 8 and began rebuilding their nest, the male 5 days later.  Flying from S. America somewhere.  Wow!  Just astounding.  They have named them Max and Ruby.  The 3 offspring from last year will stay down south for another year and then fly north to find their own nesting sites.  We do hope they made it through the migration and winter all right.  Now a new family will emerge and  hopefully they’ll all hatch and fledge just as the last three did.  Max and Ruby are excellent parents and they stock the lake with lots of fish so no one goes hungry.

The link below is for the live viewing of the nest as they are building and then laying eggs…probably 3 or 4.  There may be technical difficulties from time to time as the camera is just getting up and running but please keep checking in:

http://www.lakecapote.com/osprey-cam/

The Lake Capote osprey nest

For the past ten years, a pair of ospreys has made its seasonal home at the Southern Ute Tribe’s Lake Capote, and given visitors spectacular displays of nesting, fishing, and fledgling young. Beginning in 2017, viewers should get a much more close-up view of the birds’ activities, via a webcam installed at their nest.

The birds have arrived in March of each year, after migrating from their winter homes in Central America or South America. Over the course of the spring and summer, the ospreys work on nest construction, lay eggs, raise young, and of course catch a lot of fish.

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