IMPORTANT: Messages from osprey experts

Renee Wolf: re your comment August 8, 2017 at 11:45 am “Chick 1, I thought had a more dark ‘stripe’ to the beak and chick 2 was more white, is it the opposite?” You are correct.

The kids nestorate….moving the same stick around…..and in G family style, the back placement is being perfected….

ALL OZ FOLLOWERS –
8-10-17 Baby 2 got up close and I was able to get a great shot of a closed eye which is amazing so here is just some info on the Osprey Eye. If yu cick on the link you can see pictures and so much more info. I have more but just cant find right now.
I hope you learn something new today.
Love my Osprey Family and Followers

Bird vision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_vision
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

With forward-facing eyes, the bald eagle has a wide field of binocular vision.
Vision is the most important sense for birds, since good eyesight is essential for safe flight, and this group has a number of adaptations which give visual acuity superior to that of other vertebrate groups; a pigeon has been described as “two eyes with wings”.[1] The avian eye resembles that of a reptile, with ciliary muscles that can change the shape of the lens rapidly and to a greater extent than in the mammals. Birds have the largest eyes relative to their size in the animal kingdom, and movement is consequently limited within the eye’s bony socket.[1] In addition to the two eyelids usually found in vertebrates, it is protected by a third transparent movable membrane. The eye’s internal anatomy is similar to that of other vertebrates, but has a structure, the pecten oculi, unique to birds.
Some bird groups have specific modifications to their visual system linked to their way of life. BIRDS OF PREY have a very high density of receptors and other adaptations that maximise visual acuity. The placement of their eyes gives them good binocular vision enabling accurate judgement of distances. Nocturnal species have tubular eyes, low numbers of colour detectors, but a high density of rod cells which function well in poor light. Terns, gulls and albatrosses are amongst the seabirds which have red or yellow oil droplets in the colour receptors to improve distance vision especially in hazy conditions.
Extraocular anatomy[edit]
The eye of a bird most closely resembles that of the reptiles. Unlike the mammalian eye, it is not spherical, and the flatter shape enables more of its visual field to be in focus. A circle of bony plates, the sclerotic ring, surrounds the eye and holds it rigid, but an improvement over the reptilian eye, also found in mammals, is that the lens is pushed further forward, increasing the size of the image on the retina.[2]

Visual fields for a pigeon and an owl
Most birds cannot move their eyes, although there are exceptions, such as the great cormorant.[3] Birds with eyes on the sides of their heads have a wide visual field, useful for detecting predators, while those with eyes on the front of their heads, such as owls, have binocular vision and can estimate distances when hunting.[4] The American woodcock probably has the largest visual field of any bird, 360° in the horizontal plane, and 180° in the vertical plane.[5]

The nictitating membrane of a masked lapwing
The eyelids of a bird are not used in blinking. Instead the eye is lubricated by the nictitating membrane, a third concealed eyelid that sweeps horizontally across the eye like a windscreen wiper.[6] The nictitating membrane also covers the eye and acts as a contact lens in many aquatic birds when they are under water.[7] When sleeping, the lower eyelid rises to cover the eye in most birds, with the exception of the horned owls where the upper eyelid is mobile.[8]
The eye is also cleaned by tear secretions from the lachrymal gland and protected by an oily substance from the Harderian glands which coats the cornea and prevents dryness. The eye of a bird is larger compared to the size of the animal than for any other group of animals, although much of it is concealed in its skull. The ostrich has the largest eye of any land vertebrate, with an axial length of 50 mm (2 in), twice that of the human eye.[1]
Bird eye size is broadly related to body mass. A study of five orders (parrots, pigeons, petrels, raptors and owls) showed that eye mass is proportional to body mass, but as expected from their habits and visual ecology, raptors and owls have relatively large eyes for their body mass.[9]

@ 06:10..Gracie is home alone when George brings this nice fish.

“All alone am I..
Ever since they could fly….
All alone without the beats of their hearts………………..”

8-9-17 Good Morning Followers, here is our Baby2 flying into the nest 8-8-17 such beautiful feathers.

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Gracie barely beats George to the nest

FYI, Rjoneal- 60s & early70s ….jr. high, high school, very brief college, marriage and motherhood…no psychedelic for me….good early rock and folk songs come to mind……

Could I get a little music for this dance?????

UPDATE ON RODEE- Our Dear Osprey Sister

Our sweet Rodee just got to come home a couple of days ago from a long haul, a 10 day stay at hospital. When she got home she did say her family and friends were there to help her.

Good news, day of release, oncologist said her numbers are down – however, radiology/Interventional meds, were required for those reason last Fridays 5th chemo was cancelled.

Rodee is a solider so I just hope things calm down for her so she can get to do at least some of things she likes.

Attached is another piece of Rodee’s artwork from awhile back. Enjoy

Brownie #2 waiting patiently @ 10:18

Nestorating again…Each adds their personal faves….seaweed from George…

Yes, I suspect I am one of the new followers of the webcam, however, after many years of watching the Ospreys in Orient (I am a retired conservation officer from overseas), I recently took some new photos and discovered the camera. When I arrived home, I Googled the whereabouts of the cam and found the link.Unfortunately my photos are not that perfect since I randomly take my camera while out and about, and the weight of the extended lens tends to cause me to tremble!! I do have a tripod, but most of my shots are spontaneous events with no warning or time to set up. I am sure you appreciate this!

George heading out…..peeppeeppeep from Gracie getting wearing…….

@12:41:54—–George brings in a nice fish and Blondie is the only one home.

This was funny. Yesterday afternoon, a few minutes after 4 pm, chick #1 was at the front of the nest eating a fish and chick #2 was on the right eating a fish, mostly only its shadow visible. Chick #1 suddenly stopped eating and was watching something off to the left and you could see from chick #2’s shadow that it was watching that something, too. Then George or Gracie, on the perch, called out an alarm. Chick #1 pancaked and chick #2 flew away and a skein of what looked like geese flew passed.