OMG, This is so bad. How could anyone do such a thing. With all the craziness that happened when she replaced Ma, she actually amazed us all by stepping up to the plate and taking care of Pa's babies. That poor girl. Shoot the A$$ that did this. I'm very upset.

That's great Kat and YES, you need control of that cam!! Maybe next year!

I can't get this to work. 

Me neither... 

http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/Baby-animals-make-debuts-at-zoos/G2550,A9762 I don't know why you 2 can't see it.

Very early morning hook-up.

Is that Beauty?

Both are there Annette, 1 by main cam.

The Friends of Blackwater are proud to announce the winner in our 2011 Osprey Chick-Naming Contest.

Winner:

The winning names of "Harry, Ron and Hermione" were submitted by Joan from New Jersey. Joan enjoys hiking and nature in her spare time, and also following our young chicks on the Osprey Cam.

As all Harry Potter fans know, the final Harry Potter film was released just a couple weeks ago, and that brings an end to the saga of the Harry Potter books and movies, which millions of people around the world have enjoyed. Earlier this year, we paid tribute to the American space shuttles by naming our three eaglets after the three shuttles that were recently retired, so we decided to name our three osprey chicks after the Harry Potter characters that are retiring this year as well.

As for which chick gets which name, it's been very hard to tell the gender and identity of our chicks. They all seem close in size, and because the food has been flowing freely this year, one chick wasn't behind in its development, so it was hard to spot the youngest. But for the record, we'll name the oldest Harry, the middle chick Ron, and the youngest Hermione -- because the youngest usually needs to be smart and spunky. :-)

Thanks to everyone who participated in our contest. If your entries didn't win this year, hang on to them and you can use them again in a future chick-naming contest -- they might just win next time.




Nest Update

07/27/11:
All the chicks have now fledged and returned safely to the nest. We caught the last one taking off earlier today. We expect the chicks to be hanging around the nest through early September.

http://www.ustream.tv/seaeagles 2 eggs to hatch between Aug 13-16

http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/Baby-animals-make-debuts-at-zoos/G2550,A9762 40 pics 

http://www.9news.com/news/local/article/209999/346/Rare-bird-spotted-in-Glenmere-Park- 4 eggs for the 2 species. Video

Happy Feet is getting better!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14337401

Still worried about him going back. Hope he makes it OK. Thanks Bobbie

Very early morning hook-up.

Thanks, Donna. The picture I remember looks like the third one you found, only I think there was a little less shadow from the main cam in it.  But it was a glorious picture.  These are nice too!  Thank you.

Here's one from Kris G, could this be the one?

Looks like Quest and Harlie are ledge hopping. They are going from one to another.

Margaret, these are the only pics I have from last Aug. The archives are gone from last year.

Wow, I haven't talked to Debbie in years. She just disappeared during the Mariah and Kaver season. There are a few nests in Jersey....Jersey City falcons...Duke Farms falcons. Maybe Bonnie or someone else knows where to find Band #'s. There may be a link here to report a band number. I'll have to look. Thanks NFF, be cool to know where this young juvie came from.

she left after this