Hellgate Osprey - A Mother's Love - Sun 7/21/24
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- So they've been suffering quite the heatwave in Hellgate Canyon, Missoula, MT.. Temps have been in the high 90s.
If you watch the cam daily, you see the beautiful dynamics between Mom Iris and their chicks. As a very experienced elder osprey, she is completely devoted and totally in tune w/her babies. It's awesome to watch what she does to help her babes cope w/the heat and to ease its impact upon them.
In this clip, we see "Little"s" first fussing about the heat. Just like Mom, "Little" is a very vocal little bird. Watch as Mom heeds the call and heads on over to her babies to give them some shade as the temps are rising. At the time of this recording, it was 73F and rising, w/a forecast of pushing 100F yet again. Whatever the temp, it's going to feel hotter to anyone sitting right in the sun as they do being on the nest.
They are also being pestered by bugs - note we can see them on "Big's" neck early in the clip, see Iris bites them off of "Little" and there are a few wasps hanging about.
"Little" seems much less tolerant of the heat than their elder sibling seems to be. There are times however, when "Big" will also vocalize their displeasure/discomfort w/the heat. Iris ALWAYS answers the call - sometimes moving to give them the best shade, other times she will fan them, plus she makes frequent trips to the river. Coming back soaking wet gives the babes some heat relief via scooting up against her wet body and wings.
Iris is the bomb when it comes to a mother osprey! Combine that w/her new mate Finnegan who provides their daily fish plus, along w/Iris, continually fortifies the rails and brings new nesting materials. They are truly a totally devoted, powerhouse pair!
I let the filming of this clip go a little past when the younger one stops fussing due getting under Iris because it tickled to = watch Iris look right in our direction multiple times AND it was beautiful to watch "Big" taking in everything going on out there plus doing some bug watching!
~Thanks for watching!
~~Links to The Hellgate Osprey cams:
Main Cam: • Hellgate Ospreys Nest ...
Owl Pole Cam: • Hellgate Ospreys "Owl ...
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Aww Iris is the best osprey mom ever❤
She IS! 🥰 And her new-this-year Prince Charming Finnegan has definitely earned the honor of being her mate bec he's the bomb too! 😍
@DLionheart Absolutely Finnegan is just freaking awesome 🥰 I'm so glad he was persistent and Iris finally accepted him! I am just thrilled with this season❤️
@@princesslily810 Amen! to everything you wrote! 💞💕❤
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Mom protect from the sun ⛱️
Kasih anak sepanjang galah, kasih ibu sepanjang masa.
I'm so impressed with Iris. She is such a dedicated mother. It's a side of her I've never seen since I've been watching her.
She truly is a remarkable mama bird! 🥰
Amazing! Like and sub ! ❤❤❤❤
Hi there - TYVM!! 🥰
And wow!! Amazing right back at you - looked at your account = WOW!!! Bravo and TYVM - subbed back!!