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[LORIDAVIS]

From this morning... Hellgate Osprey cam
Visitor or... Iris? We 💜 you Iris!!  Talons crossed Lani & all!!




Below is Iris from 2022... I hope you are home sweet girl!!!

[Phyl]

These are fantastic {Lori}!
Love them and not just the osprey. 
Thank you dear.

[shep]

July 31, 2024
Very close to fledge






FAMILY

[Phyl]

Shep. Thanks for the snaps and updates!
Fledge time is upon us.
Kid-Os looking good.

[shep]

They are beautiful

[shep]

Sustained Helicoptering
August 4, 2024
Ready for first flight!
He's been jumping high this morning!!

Sustained Helicoptering
https://youtu.be/BONE2VpSt24

[shep]

ONE FLEDGED
Aug 5, 2024 early morng
chick just fledged to Mom's perch.
Chick sits there contentedly preening.
Then she flew in a circle around the area back to nest.
Then ...  SHE FLEW BACK TO MOM'S PERCH!
 

[Phyl]

This is fantastic !!!
Thanks for update/snaps.

[Lani]

Hi Shep, Lori, Phyl,!
Woo hoo - a huge day!  Sum-eh made her first flight today from the nest to the perch. . 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1dkFhHS67I

Once she got that out of the way, she has made several longer forays, flying for extended periods and then returning to the nest.  It is an east wind this morning, so she is taking off into the east wind (to the right), and then also flying into the wind to land (so she lands coming in from the left).
Sum-eh will spend more time flying around, usually pretty close to the nest.  She will return, especially when Finnegan comes in with a fish!
As a pilot, I vividly remember the excitement of my first solo flight, and it is exciting that Sum-eh has "earned her wings."  This is a huge milestone for the Hellgate family. 
Here is a video of Sum-eh's first flight to the perch.
Dr. Green


Fledging in Hellgate! "Sum-eh" Flies Out of Frame And Returns Moments Later August 5, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Z4gNcWJFM

[Lani]

18:23, 8/5 Beautiful Antali (left) and Sum-eh (right) 

[Lani]

It's been a very windy night, Antali needed mom's assurance and safe covering earlier this evening, but all is well right now.



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[shep]

Aug 6, 2024 early morng
The fledged one is flying everywhere - gone for a long time yesterday.
Now at dawn today, she took off - where - seems cam cant find her.

Exciting.

[Phyl]

Thanks for the update Shep. 'They' seem to know just where to fly. LOL

[Lani]

Hi Shep, Phyl
For the next couple of days you will notice lots of trucks and trailers in the parking lot behind the Hellgate nest.  We just found out that the movie series Yellowstone is filming in town, and they have rented the parking lots at Missoula College.
I met with a manager on site and showed him Iris and the Hellgate nest. The parking lot is going to be pretty full, but Iris is certainly used to having lots of people around. 
Best, Erick Greene and the Montana Osprey Team

Finn bringing breakfast for Iris and Antali

[shep]

O Lani thank you!  I tried to find out what is goin on - couldnt.

The chick that hatched and grew up in that nest no longer wants to be there.  She is elsewhere all day.