FREMONT –A pair of nesting ospreys have their own Youtube channel. Their nest is located on the corner of County Trunk H and River Trail Drive in Orihula. Tim Krenke and some friends ran out electrical power and set up the camera. The birds of prey are nicknamed Cliff and Judy.
The channel is titled Orihula Osprey (@orihulaosprey).
This started back in 2017 when a nest was built on a utility pole. The ospreys have returned every year. The male has a band on its leg as it was banded in Weyauwega in 2016 as a chick. The birds arrive the first week of April and lay eggs mid-month. Currently there is one egg so far, laid the morning of April 20. The father watches over the nest and the chicks will hatch around late May. Ospreys are hunters of fish and sometimes anglers will see their dramatic swoop into the water as they claw into an unsuspecting fish. The fish are brought back to feed the hungry chicks.
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