The second of two osprey eggs in an Osoyoos nest has hatched however its believed the first chick died and now there are concerns for the other one as well.
Friday morning the live webcam on the Town of Osoyoos website, showed the nest on a de-energized FortisBC power pole with just a single chick, thought to have hatched earlier in the morning.
Thursday the female was sitting on that remaining egg but there was no sign of the first baby that hatched Tuesday afternoon.
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乌鸦传媒淚乌鸦传媒檓 wondering if there is something bothering them. I said let乌鸦传媒檚 see what happens once this other one乌鸦传媒檚 hatched and if it doesn乌鸦传媒檛 survive then the town should call Fortis and get them up there to see what乌鸦传媒檚 going on.乌鸦传媒�
Both parents were seen at the nest Thursday and the male was observed bringing a fish back to the nest mid-morning Friday.
The birds had two eggs in early May however those were eventually removed, believed to be by the parents.
乌鸦传媒淭hey were slightly earlier (laying the eggs) than what they should be but obviously they knew they weren乌鸦传媒檛 viable cause they kicked them out which means there乌鸦传媒檚 something wrong,乌鸦传媒� Belvedere said. 乌鸦传媒淪he knows there乌鸦传媒檚 no point in sitting on them and osprey can lay their eggs anywhere from the beginning of June until now so she乌鸦传媒檚 sort of right on, she乌鸦传媒檚 a bit late but that could be because it乌鸦传媒檚 the second brood.乌鸦传媒�
Other concerns involve the age and health of the parents and the location of the nest above a street with foot and vehicle traffic visible from the web cam. It is located near Osoyoos Elementary School on 68th Avenue.
乌鸦传媒淥spreys are a highly, highly stressed raptor, we don乌鸦传媒檛 have any success with them when we rehab them they just stress out and they die,乌鸦传媒� said Belvedere. 乌鸦传媒淚f this one is going to survive we will know shortly, today乌鸦传媒檚 Friday and the other one only lasted two days.乌鸦传媒�
According to Donna Core, Osoyoos executive assistant and communications coordinator, not surprisingly those who have been watching the webcam were upset at the death of the first chick. Views on Thursday alone reached over 1,300.
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乌鸦传媒淏ut that乌鸦传媒檚 mother nature, we can乌鸦传媒檛 predict what乌鸦传媒檚 going to happen, we do not get involved,乌鸦传媒� she said Friday. 乌鸦传媒淭his is just more of an educational tool that we as a town just maintain the camera in conjunction with FortisBC.乌鸦传媒�
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The webcam went live on YouTube at the end of March and the town乌鸦传媒檚 website documents the history since then along with detailed information about the species.
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