Iris Returns to Hellgate – Apr. 7, 2017

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Watch the Ospreys' reunion at the Hellgate nest after Iris, the female, makes her return one day after her mate, Louis. Almost immediately, the male begins nest restorations amidst the continued vocalizations of the female. Watch live with updates, tweets, and highlights at http://AllAboutBirds.org/ospreys Watch the cam and learn about the Montana Osprey Project at http://hs.umt.edu/osprey/ ********************************* This Osprey nest is at the mouth of the spectacular Hellgate Canyon at the edge of Missoula, Montana. It’s in a very busy location, right outside the Riverside Health Care Center and next to busy parking lots, a construction site, a busy highway, and a railroad. However, it’s also an ideal location in many ways, since these Ospreys have riverfront property only about 50 feet from the Clark Fork River. Being so close to people does not bother them, and hundreds of people enjoy watching them every day. The female Osprey at this nest is called Iris because she has very distinctive spots on her iris, especially in her left eye. These iris patterns serve as individual barcodes and allow us to identify her. She has nested at this site for many years. Her mate of many years, Stanley, did not return in 2016, and she attempted to breed with a new male dubbed "Louis" after an influential local Salish elder named Louis Adams (for more info: http://missoulian.com/news/local/new-osprey-father-named-in-honor-of-salish-elder/article_a9a4e738-e22f-5660-9633-b8cfe

Published 2017-04-07 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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