Another milestone for our three chicks. This morning at first light they all took their first flight. We are happy to see this milestone again this year. 

This year again we have three chicks to name. We are going to use a poll again this year. Please submit your vote. Once you submit your vote you can check out the stats. We will be accepting votes until Midnight July 31st 2018.

Congrats! to Duke and Duchess. First chick arrived today! Mom and dad are already feeding the little tyke. We still have two more eggs to go, but we are well on our way. 

Things happened a bit earlier this year then in the past. We had previously seen our chicks hatch in the first week in June. Looks like this little one just couldn't wait.

My Apologies for all that follow our #OspreyMontana.com cam about the delay in getting this posted. We confirmed on 05/01/2018 that we have Three (3) Eggs in our nest again this year. Congrats to Duchess and Duke and we all hope for the best for these three potential chicks. 

Last year we saw the first chick hatch the first week of June. So keep your eyes open in the next couple weeks and we hope to see some small bundles of fuzz in the nest.

Looks like Duke made it back. Showed up just this evening at 5:40pm. This signals the start of another year for us to observe Duke and Duchess raising their chicks. We can't wait to see what this year has in store! 

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What a great thing to wake up to on April 1st this year. Two birds touched down in our nest. They felt right at home and were soon nestled down and enjoying their perch. Feels great to have birds in the nest starting our 2018 season!

I would like to thank all of you who participated in viewing the Ospreys at Snappy's. Three years of collecting data on Ospreys in the Flathead Valley indicates that the population trend of Ospreys has remained stable. The average number of occupied nests ( both parents) was 25, producing an average of 32 young per year. Fledging success average 93%. Studying the reproductive performance of Ospreys shows a productivity (number of young per occupied nest) rate of 1.3. It is believed that each breeding pair in the population must reproduce an average of .95 to 1.30. This productivity seems to be sufficient to maintain a stable population. Tune in for next year.
Doug MacCarter

Thank you to all who voted in our little contest. We had some great name suggestions come in as well.  Even though we had a bit of a tragedy with our triplets this year, we continued on with the naming of all three birds. 

And the Winner is.......
Huey, Duey, Luey with 35% of the votes.  "Other" (or the write in votes) took second place as a whole with 33%. 

Write In Votes:
Manny, Moe, Jack    24    15%
Winken, Blinken, Nod   14   9%
Boone, Crockett, Bowie   6   4%
Scott, Shaunda, Kent (Lupton Siblings)   1  1%
Pete, Repeat, & Tailgate   1  1%
One, Two, & Three   1  1%
Manny, Moe, & Jack   1  1%
Oscar, Oswald & Osiette   1  1%
Ava, Avery & Avian   1  1%
Manny, Joe, Jack   1  1%
Uno, Dos Tres (they migrate south )  1  1%
Baja, Diego, Rica   1  1%
Mickey, Minnie, Goofy   1  1%
Prince, Princess (now only 2 - fits w/ Duke, Duchess)   1  1%
Boone. Crockerr, Bowie   1  1%

You may have noticed that the last 48 hours our Osprey Cam has been down. We have had a bit of a tragedy hit our Duke and Duchess, and also the family here at Snappy's. July 21, 2017 - Friday afternoon we were made aware of a chick that did not appear healthy in our nest and concerns were expressed about how to handle what we were watching unfold.

We have three chicks this year. So we are looking to name all three in a creative and memorable fashion. Please help us out and check out the poll below. We have picked some famous trios to start.