Second Egg For Iris On Hellgate Osprey Cam | May 7, 2026

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Iris laid her second egg on the Hellgate Osprey Cam on the evening of May 7. This egg came three days after the first was laid on the evening of May 4. The second egg is heavily speckled, but it has lighter pigmentation that the first egg, which should help us tell them apart. Should Iris lay a third egg, we expect to arrive in 3–4 days. 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/ Watch the camera's second view, the Owl Pole Cam at      • Hellgate Ospreys "Owl Pole" Perch | Cornel...   ********************************* 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 bree

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