Tragedy for the Osprey

Last week I posted Photos of the Osprey nest that I found but I am afriad I have some bad news.  Due to heavy winds in the area over the weekend the Ospreys have lost their nest. The top of the tree must have snapped off first becuase it was found floating on the other side of the lake.

The good news is that all survived when the tree fell the babies must have swam or flew to shore and both parents were seen watching over them from the trees.  We contacted a local resort and told them, they plan to connact the right people to help at least get the nest re-built for next year and to watch over the babies, where were pretty big (if you look at last weeks post) so they should be fine.

Babies

 

Parents

Trail Cam

I ordered a new toy last Monday, a Swann OutbackCam.  It's a motion activated cam that runs on batteries and save videos (or) pictures to an SD card, making it easier for me to just swap them out each time I go up there.  Swann's SW361-OBC is specifically built to withstand the harshest weather conditions (aka Northwoods wind and rain lately), Swann's OutbackCam is the ideal security observation system for your front yard, back yard and any rural location.  (see image below)

I can't recommend or comment on how it works yet since I have yet to get it but I will give you my full report once we get it and try it out :) 

I was hoping that it would come before this weekend so that I could hang it up in the area that people (every one but me basically) has seen the wolf.  But sadly it has not came yet.  Fingers are crossed to it to make it for next weekend, I scouted the area this weekend I know where I want to hang it and there were signs that I wolf had been in the are recently. I got some great shots but I am still sorting through them.  I will post again tomorrow with pictures.  I saw some great stuff this weekend, Loons, eagles and flowers!  I think everything was in bloom this weekend in the Northwoods.  Which also by the way was the Lupine Festival in Mercer.  I did not go or take part but I did do some Lupine looking, they were very pretty.