Hatching is the hardest part

Screenshots from Sääksilive Osprey nests. Include views of fish prey.

The first chick at nest #1 has successfully hatched!

Röpeloiste

Some food successes

Screenshots from Sääksilive Osprey nest #4. Contain views of fish prey.

Mom Nuppu feeding the chicks, which are lined up in age order. All three ate well at this meal. Also N1 and N2's second plumages are coming in quickly, now both have fully dark back of the head.

Snacks and stacks

Feeding screenshots from Sääksilive Osprey nest #4. Contain fish prey.

N3, N1, and N2 from the front. They are 6, 9, and 8 days old, respectively.

N2 facing the wrong way. The back of N1's head is getting dark, with change into second down plumage.

Nuppu feeding the youngest.

Stacked chicks.

N3 is a little stuck behind bigger siblings again.

But manages to score some bites.

Where could it be?

Good luck with the search.

New birds on the block

Screenshots from Sääksilive Osprey nests. Two contain a glimpse of fish prey.

Nest #2 has been getting some traffic. Though there are no eggs or chicks, it's been visited by adult Ospreys, two of which might be a pair. Here's one of them, with SKT as her yellow band ID. Her gentleman companion of as of yet uncertain marital status has the yellow band ID TAR. They were banded as nestlings in 2020 and 2019, respectively, so both are quite young. Perhaps they'll move in next season?

Another visitor at nest #2: a male Cuckoo spends a moment calling.

And feeding shots from nest #4. N2, N3, N1 from left to right. 5, 3, and 6 days old, respectively.

Bundling the babies.

Fish strikes back!

Screenshots from Sääksilive Osprey nest #4. As the title already implies, post contains views of fish prey.

Nuppu and her triplets. I think that's N3 looking up.