Charlo Montana Osprey family Charlie & CharlotteHi all... so today, I was checking the Charlo Montana Osprey cam today to see if Charlie & Charlotte have returned early and I saw 2 geese on the nest. Checked with explore.org and a new geese couple are checking out the nest today. See video below & gif. On the video the couple is clearly having "The Beakerson's nest discussions" Note:The Charlo cam nest does not have any nesting materials to cover up the eggs if they decide to nest here. March 6 2021Canada Geese trying out Charlo nest. Explore.org 06 March 2021https://youtu.be/lwxOwxu3JhM via arlene beech
These two Canada Geese spent ages on Charlo nest today, staking their claim, this is just some of their day! :-)
A little history since I've been watching in May 2019...Charlie and Charlotte have built a comfortable nest on this raised platform overlooking a picturesque field in Charlo, Montana near the Charlo Great Horned Owl's treetop home.I first found out about this cam when I heard of a
bear visiting an
Osprey nest in
Charlo Montana, so checked it out and started this thread
https://raptorresource.org/raptorresource/forum/index.php?topic=2597.0#lastPost I took a couple shots of the
bears nose peeking over the nest and his head. No harm was done to the eggs.
T40 posted an article about it and there is a video as well
Here is a pic of little C9, Charlo & Charlie's little one taken June 13 2019.June 6 2019 lightening storm thought it was cool so I shared.On
April 12th 2020 Charlie returned to find the geese had moved in and was not happy. When
Charlotte arrived she said, "it's ok
Charlie, leave them be, we can rebuild on
P2 (old nest)" so that's what happened.
Mama Geese little ones hatched & fledged just fine.
Gif taken May 12th 2020 of geeslings. Here is a pic of the old nest P2 from a distant camera view August 17th 2020 Charlie & Charlotte with their little ones that fledged that week! photo via Shep
check out the Charlo Montana Osprey thread at
https://raptorresource.org/raptorresource/forum/index.php?topic=2597.0#lastPost and also explore.org
https://explore.org/livecams/ospreys/charlo-montana-osprey-nest