tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195911943567951802.post9141871744889084747..comments2023-02-19T08:42:00.476-06:00Comments on Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch: Finally, a new post...Vanessa Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645498762988572346noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195911943567951802.post-84023603740407665572014-07-06T17:44:51.119-05:002014-07-06T17:44:51.119-05:00Sadly the chick appears to have pre-fledged, or ju...Sadly the chick appears to have pre-fledged, or jumped too soon to escape the bugs. It was found dead below the nest shortly after it disappeared from the nest. There is nothing that could be done. Adult ospreys usually will not feed a chick on the ground and they have no way to carry a chick back to the nest without harming it. The term "raptor" means to grasp or seize, so these are birds that catch and kill their prey with the long sharp talons. This is a very sad experience for us all...but chicks die every year, we just are not aware of it if they are not on a cam. This is the flip side of the nest cams...watching them can be a wonderful experience from which we learn a lot, but we also have to learn to accept that things like this happen in nature...Vanessa Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16645498762988572346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195911943567951802.post-44218691119290551542014-07-06T08:02:46.711-05:002014-07-06T08:02:46.711-05:00What happened at the arboretum nest? It is sudden...What happened at the arboretum nest? It is suddenly empty. The baby was not ready to fly away. Did it fall out? Can the parents go and get it and bring it back to the nest? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913590735522542249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195911943567951802.post-15092324649022299072014-07-05T21:22:55.964-05:002014-07-05T21:22:55.964-05:00The chick on the Arb nest has fallen out trying to...The chick on the Arb nest has fallen out trying to get away from the bugs!!!wtr1259https://www.blogger.com/profile/04748520695053849116noreply@blogger.com