Some of you may have already guessed, but we have changed the live feed on the main page. We are no longer looking at the osprey platform. Once the Canada Goose left, the osprey did not return to nest on the platform.

The new camera is pointed a different species. Anyone want to guess what new bird we are watching??

It appears as if the Canada Goose that was nesting on the Osprey platform has finished her time there and moved on. She was gone most of yesterday and I have yet to see her this morning. Hopefully the Osprey will begin nesting on the platform soon!! Keep your fingers crossed 🙂

I went through the recorded video this morning and noticed that the goslings actually hatched on May 2nd! I didn’t notice them for a whole day!! For those of you who may have missed some of the baby action, I uploaded some clips of cuteness on youtube….feel free to comment and share!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf6msN582ag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avT_FZ0TjE4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wn9XD9_oNo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kMQKJGSNEA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B2yqn4olEQ

I spotted the first gosling this morning! The Canada Goose eggs have begun to hatch. They will only stay on the nest for about a day or so before they all fledge, so be sure to watch!

Of course, after I spotted the one, it hid back under mom’s wings and I haven’t seen it since!! 🙂 Keep a sharp eye out!

We are back on the Word Press blog site for 2011 and Montana Osprey Cam is online again for the season! There is a Canada Goose currently on the nest, with eggs. We hope that she will be finished with her young and the nest in time for the osprey to use it for their own eggs. We have seen the osprey in the area, so be sure to check out the nearby trees to see if they are perching nearby!

Since neither of our Osprey are currently banded, we are often asked how viewers can tell the difference between the male and female. To help you figure out which bird you are looking at on the webcam, we have put together this short paragraph on identification.

The female Osprey (as with most raptors) is usually bigger than the male. Our two birds appear to be about the same size, but the female is slightly bulkier right now. However, his identification feature is only helpful when the two birds are side-by-side.

Another trait of female Osprey is a more speckled chest area, or brown streaking on the breast. The male of the species

Welcome to our NEW osprey camera blog.  The last blog site we were using wasn’t as user friendly as we hoped so we moved to this new one.  Feel free to leave us feedback on our new set-up and layout!

The Osprey have yet to lay their eggs, but hopefully it will happen soon. Be the first person to guess the correct egg-laying date and win a prize from Alter Enterprise.

To enter the contest, simply leave a comment below indicating the day you think she will lay her FIRST egg. It could be today, or it could be next week!

You can only make ONE guess, so be sure to get your guess in early!

(Note: We have moved this contest from our old blog site. Hopefully everyone’s guess was correctly transferred. Please contact me if you placed a guess and it does not show below.)

Thanks for playing and be sure to come back and look for more contests in the future.