Screenshots from Sääksilive Osprey nests, warning for views of dead fish again. The third chick hatched today at nest #4!
First two pretty snapshots from last night at nest #3, with the resident female Taika incubating her eggs as mist engulfs the swamp around the nest tree at sunset. It's been another hot day.
Then to nest #4, where the chicks' dad Nemo finally makes an appearance in a screenshot, though he has been keeping the nest well supplied with fish. Nemo is on the left, mom Nuppu feeding the chicks. Nuppu has a metal band (🎶🎸) on her right leg, Nemo is not banded.
N1 and N2 alone for a while this morning.
Nuppu snacking on an egg shell. Getting back that calcium.
Nemo tries feeding the chicks as he's left alone with them. Points for trying, but he didn't quite manage it. You've got to reach closer, buddy, they're babies.
He gives it another try later, with Nuppu supervising. By now little N3 has also hatched, and is resting next to its more alert siblings after the ordeal of breaking out of an egg.
There we go! A fish piece successfully delivered to a little beak, N2's I believe.
Practice time over, Nuppu takes over the feeding. This is Nemo's second clutch, and Nuppu's fourth.
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