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[shep]

Thats is a HUGE ...  SALMON???

[Phyl]

Gosh! That salmon (?)  is monstrously big.  What a catch for the nest.
The nest looks good.
Thanks Lani

[shep]

September 4
someone spent the night - dunno who

hey Phyl   

[Lani]

Hi Shep, Phyl,
It was Antali who spent the night. Sum-eh hasn't been seen since 8/30, she has migrated or is being fed elsewhere.
On the last day she was seen on the nest, her feathers were wet. Chatters thought she may have been practicing fishing on her own.

[Lani]

9/3 sunset
Iris leaves stadium lights after eating fish. These past years Iris always spends the last few days before she migrates on the stadium lights.
It is in that direction that she will leave the area when she is ready to migrate to the south. My heart is sad, but I so happy she's has mate and successful season here in Hellgate. 


Yesterday, 9/3 Finnegan brings Antali a fresh whole fish. Antali takes it and then flies at 10:44 to enjoy his meal at an undisclosed location.
Iris hasn't been to the nest or feeding Antali as often as Finn. Finn will make sure Antali is fed and fishing lessons will continue. Until both leave for migration. 


9/4 Good Morning, #CHOWS! This capture is from 8/4, the day before Sum-eh fledged.  Sum-eh hasn't been seen since 8/30, she has migrated or is being fed elsewhere. The last time she was seen on the nest, she was wet. So, she may have been fishing for herself. Good girl!!! 
Sum-eh (left) Antali (right)


Antali waiting patiently for breakfish from Dad Finn.

[shep]

It'd be entirely normal if BOTH youngsters are fishing on their own.

Wonderful photos Lani !  Thanks!

[Lani]

Antali chirping for fish at 9am
https://x.com/i/status/1831347767631135022

10:46 am, 9/4 Antali comes in visibly wet from head to toe. Did he bathe or try for a fish? We don't know. 🤔#HellgateOsprey



Dr Greene has gone out to look for Sum-eh to see if she's still in the area, or has already migrated.

12:14pm, 9/4
Iris delivers a nice partial fish to Antali. Nice talon-off as he grabs the fish. He eats some on the nest, but departs with the fish at 12:22. BTW, that's a nice crop on Iris.  #HellgateOsprey

[shep]

September 5, 2024
Antali perched all nite.
He's getting steadier!   

I am glad Dr Greene went to look for Summer.
Y'know - after Labor Day ... Summer is over.   

I see Finn and Iris are still here, so I doubt Summer'd migrate without them - while they're still here.  Hope she's ok.

Nice pics Lani

Trains go by constantly - night n day - both directions!
Both passenger  AMTRAK - and freight.

Commerce!
America on the move!

[shep]

Had to google - here's results.

Yes, osprey parents usually migrate before their young:
 
The female osprey usually migrates first, followed by birds that didn't breed that year.
 
Male migration
The male osprey migrates a few weeks after the female, depending on the development of the chicks. He waits until the youngest chick has left before he leaves.

FINN the HERO!

[Lani]

Hi Shep, thanks for info. I found more info for this thread. I've been watching this nest since 2012 When Iris met Stanley 

9/5 Dr. Greene has been watching for Sum-eh. Yesterday, he saw four ospreys circling over the Hellgate nest in a tight circle. He saw Iris and Finnegan and two juveniles, one was Antali, and the other likely to be Sum-eh. #HellgateOsprey 

Found these interesting facts under Dr.Greene's migration info:
"The ospreys stick around as little as four weeks and as much as seven weeks after fledging. The chicks still get fed by their parents, though they start to learn to hunt on their own. Typically, females leave before their mates, who stick around and keep feeding the chicks. In 2012, Stan from the Hellgate Canyon nest and his chick, Crown Royal, stuck around Missoula through the end of September. Iris and the other two chicks, Hook and Squish, left early in September.
During migration, the nesting pair and their chicks split up. To see some of the southward paths a few Montana ospreys have taken, check out the Raptor View Research Institute’s tracking program."
Maybe with this season being such an unusual one.....anything goes! And anything can happen. We will have to stay tuned and see what develops. I included a photo of Iris from 2012 when she first met Stanley...he won her over with a huge fish! 💞💞


💖💖💖

[Lani]

Just posted on Hellgate Osprey X in reply to Kim.
Perfect description, Kim. Dr. Greene also called it a type of "ceremony".... "We did it!" "Hope to see you, again."

Posted by Kim
I live between a different nest and the river. At this time of year, I often see the adults and juvenile osprey circling and calling all together. I like to think of it as a sky dance - their last days all together before life sends them off on their own. ❤️

9/5 Dr. Greene has been watching for Sum-eh.
Yesterday, he saw four ospreys circling over the Hellgate nest in a tight circle. He saw Iris and Finnegan and two juveniles,
one was Antali, and the other likely to be Sum-eh. Maybe he witnessed their Sky Dance once last time! #HellgateOsprey

Screen Capture from 8/13 when all four were last seen together on the nest. 

[shep]

September 6, 2024
Dawn breaks, and nest has been empty all night.

I wonder if Ant is even trying to fish.
I susmect Summer has caugh at least one of her own fish.

Queen Iris is likely feeling the Call of the Wild.

[Lani]

Hi Shep 

Antali came to the nest wet yesterday!
10:36am and again he shows up to the nest wet! Good going Antali! 
https://x.com/i/status/1832101616247566816

He showed up to the nest at 7am and Finn brought a headless fish for him.
https://x.com/i/status/1832053205074837582



12:33 pm, 9/6
Looks like Antali is preparing for migration as hyperphagia (the urge to eat) has set in. He sure has filled out recently. #HellgateOsprey

[Lani]

Osprey on stadium light, it's Iris's usual spot before migrating. Iris is that you? 



There she goes 
https://x.com/i/status/1832114156272861288

[shep]

Sept 7, 2024
Someone perched overnite.  Antali?  He really is beautiful.
Oops!  It got windy and he took off about 3 am!
I find it so odd birds fly AT NIGHT.

In the afternoon I think thats Summer.
She is really a beauty! WOW.

Queen Iris DID NOT fly UP off the light yesterday.
Maybe she hasnt left yet .....  ?
I'd expect her to take off up up up into the skies .........