Author Archives: Harriett Raptor

Harriett checks out the camera. “I know what you are thinking.”

One egg every 2–3 days During the breeding season ospreys lay 1 egg every 2–3 days……………One egg at a time. The miracle continues. The stone was moved away.

Eggs are usually laid in early morning hours                         UV camera Daylight

“Comments: lots of comments on The Eagle’s nest. I like comments. The Doctor does too. “It was the female H sapien that found the Eagle’s nest,” said Harriett. “She helped the Doctor carry his camera equipment over some pretty rough … Continue reading →

Juvenile

Jonathan brings Harriett a fish.

Ospreys mate for life. Upon returning from South America the pairs reunite. In north America the breeding season is from April to July. Hopefully, this week Harriett will lay 2 or 3 eggs. The Doctor and his female Homo sapiens … Continue reading →

Ospreys have high-pitched, whistling voices. Their calls can be given as a slow succession of chirps during flight or as an alarm call—or strung together into a series that rises in intensity and then falls away, similar to the sound … Continue reading →

A dramatic decline of osprey populations between the 1940s and 1970 was caused by DDT-induced eggshell thinning. DDT and PCBs built up in the fish the ospreys ate and made their egg shells so thin that adults crushed their progeny when they nested … Continue reading →