Incubation for Delaware Lake Ospreys - Tuttle
E-mail from Dick Tuttle:
I added the photo which was taken Wednesday evening (4/18/07). I finally drove up there to see how things were going. She was setting tight, while the male sat on one the warning signs eating a fish. One thing I notice about the area is that except for the traffic noise, there were no geese yapping or fighting, no ducks or herons to be seen. The only other birds were the black birds under the bridge. The photos was taken on the north side from the parking lot looking under the bridge. Frank Germann
Hello Everyone,
I observed incubation today, Thursday 19 April 2007, at the Delaware Lake Osprey nest south of the Rt. 229 bridge. From 0821 - 0832, I watched the female settle in the nest cup twice; each time she wiggled her tail after a rocking back and forth, meaning she is sitting on eggs. The male delivered rootlets for the cup once to interrupt her.
The MALE wears a blue band on his LEFT leg. Last year's male wore a blue band on his right leg and he disappeared just before the eggs were due to hatch, causing the nest to fail. For these two reasons, the 2007 male is a new male to this nest.
The FEMALE wears a blue band on her RIGHT leg.
Both birds have brown specks on their breasts, but the female's design goes up her neck. Unlike Delaware Lake nests in previous years, I see no plastic bags and other trash in the 2007 nest.
I left my Osprey observation to finish monitoring 162 bluebird nest boxes in Delaware State Park. Over the last two days, I have not found any bluebird eggs in the rare nests there. Finally, the Tree Swallows are regaining their vigor. It has been a very stressful winter and spring for our birds, the worst in 39 years.
Raptor on, Dick Tuttle
I added the photo which was taken Wednesday evening (4/18/07). I finally drove up there to see how things were going. She was setting tight, while the male sat on one the warning signs eating a fish. One thing I notice about the area is that except for the traffic noise, there were no geese yapping or fighting, no ducks or herons to be seen. The only other birds were the black birds under the bridge. The photos was taken on the north side from the parking lot looking under the bridge. Frank Germann
Hello Everyone,
I observed incubation today, Thursday 19 April 2007, at the Delaware Lake Osprey nest south of the Rt. 229 bridge. From 0821 - 0832, I watched the female settle in the nest cup twice; each time she wiggled her tail after a rocking back and forth, meaning she is sitting on eggs. The male delivered rootlets for the cup once to interrupt her.
The MALE wears a blue band on his LEFT leg. Last year's male wore a blue band on his right leg and he disappeared just before the eggs were due to hatch, causing the nest to fail. For these two reasons, the 2007 male is a new male to this nest.
The FEMALE wears a blue band on her RIGHT leg.
Both birds have brown specks on their breasts, but the female's design goes up her neck. Unlike Delaware Lake nests in previous years, I see no plastic bags and other trash in the 2007 nest.
I left my Osprey observation to finish monitoring 162 bluebird nest boxes in Delaware State Park. Over the last two days, I have not found any bluebird eggs in the rare nests there. Finally, the Tree Swallows are regaining their vigor. It has been a very stressful winter and spring for our birds, the worst in 39 years.
Raptor on, Dick Tuttle
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