HOG ISLAND, ME~2019 - 2023

catwoman · **Posted:** Mon Dec 31, 2018 5:18 pm

This is an EXPLORE webcam!!

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12047

I'm catching up on sites I follow and naturally am heartbroken over the news of 2 more chicks lost this last season here. I really want to see Rachel and Steve return in April and have a nesting season free of any hardships ... they are way overdue for one ...

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12047

Rachel arrived home @ 9:03 EDT this morning!! :7val:

Video of arrival by Regina Hornung:

Video of Rachel Starting Nestorations on Hog Island's Nest by Regina Hornung 4/7/19

Beth · **Posted:** Sun Apr 07, 2019 6:14 pm

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12047

A little snow on the nest this morning ...

Ferenz · **Posted:** Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:37 am

Rachel

Hideto Luna > https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... 5AqupljphM

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12047

Chat is reporting 5-8 inches of snow expected here today!

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12047

Rachel is on the stick right now!! Message from Mod Poppy this morning:

Poppy Mod • 4 hours ago
For having sound on the main nest, please open the nest branch cam on a separate tab until the main microphone is fixed. Thank you!

Happy Thursday, Friends!

Steve is still within his return date schedule. He used to return between April 10 and April 13, except in 2013 and 2017, when he arrived on April 5 and April 7. Rachel on the other hand, was the proverbial early bird, this year. Show a bit of confidence: Trust Nature, trust Osprey!

Pic by Fish Hawk Watcher posted @ about 9:07 EDT:

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12047

Sound is back with cam.

Ferenz · **Posted:** Fri Apr 12, 2019 5:07 am

Steve is back on Hog Island's Osprey Nest at 6:44 pm EDT 2019 04 11

video by Regina Hornung - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp0CYhj1kcE

Ferenz · **Posted:** Fri Apr 12, 2019 5:09 am

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12047

Celebrating Steve's return to Hog Island @ about 6:15 EST last evening!! I have not caught him on cam yet this morning, but Rachel just left the nest. Here is a pic from earlier this morning of Rachel and Steve together on the nest taken by RobNJ:

They look great!!

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:10 pm **Posts:** 4933

April 13, 2019
7 am I got a couple screen shots of him on RRP
I've checked daily - didnt see him til today

:penguin:

Ferenz · **Posted:** Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:47 am

He came from the other side & mated :egg19:

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12047

Rachel arrived at 2:19 EDT to the nest branch during the night and remains there now. She is starting to call for Steve and her breakfast This is a short video of her arrival per Arlene Beech:

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12047

Rachel has yet to lay an egg, but should be real soon as she has been hanging around the nest more and at night some. There is a new couple on the boathouse nest and they have been seen mating.

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12047

Rachel and Steve have an egg!! :spring1:

It was laid at 4:50 PM EDT on 4/29/19!! Here is a video of event by Regina Hornung:

And this is Steve seeing his egg for the 1st time and his 1st turn at incubation on 4/29/19. Video by Regina Hornung:

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12047

Here's a video by Regina Hornung of the new boathouse couple. To me he looks very young and slender! The video is over 19 minutes long, so I scanned through it to see, I don't think he really moved till 17:55!! Very submissive for now. Poppy the mod has commentary of this incident that I placed below the video.

Poppy Mod • 3 hours ago
Since female raptors are bigger and stronger than males, he needs to assure her that he only has good intentions. Hence, his submissive behavior. Even "old" couples do it, such as Steve at the beginning of each season. And she is calling for a fish delivery, as well part of the courtship behaviour. At the end of the clip, you can see as well, that he is showing off his nest building skills - forming the nest bowl with his entire body.

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12047

At 4:42 EDT on 5/2/19! Congratulations Rachel and Steve!! :spring1:

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 12047

And here is an incredible capture of Rachel and the egg before it clears her by pennalope2Illinois,USA who said: "I think it is the egg starting to come out a while before she gave it a couple more pushes to get it out."

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