# Osprey Cam **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osprey-cam/783511 "2017-04-01T16:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osprey-cam/783511/1 "2017-04-01T16:37:00Z")
For all you fans of raptors on nests: [Ospreys on the SF Bay](http://sfbayospreys.org/). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osprey-cam/783511/2 "2017-04-01T17:24:42Z")
Very cool!! ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osprey-cam/783511/3 "2017-04-01T18:06:24Z")
fun stuff ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osprey-cam/783511/4 "2017-07-09T19:13:06Z")
Things are not look so good for our young chick. [Celebrity sea hawk critical despite heroic Bay rescue](http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/06/young-sea-hawk-fished-out-san-francisco-bay-after-a-dive-too-far/) > [@](#): > > A young osprey made famous by a nest webcam was rescued from San Francisco Bay Wednesday after she made a dive too far in learning to fish. > > Online viewers who watched two ospreys hatch and mature online were wistful and a little sad July 4 when Whirley was the first to set out on her own and fly away from the nest without returning. > > But the bird found that independence can be tough even with the genes of an ancient raptor species known for miraculous agility and skill in flying and skimming over water to grab fish. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osprey-cam/783511/5 "2017-07-09T21:31:20Z")
I hope she makes it OK. We need more like her. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osprey-cam/783511/6 "2017-07-10T04:40:15Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osprey-cam/783511/7 "2017-07-10T05:43:07Z")
I bookmarked the site, but it is very slow loading/not loading. Here’s another Osprey live cam: [Osprey Camera - Boulder County](https://www.bouldercounty.org/open-space/management/osprey-camera/). 20 yeas ago, who thought there would be live cams in bird’s nests? These cams and broadband are getting dirt cheap… ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osprey-cam/783511/8 "2017-07-10T12:42:18Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > I hope she makes it OK. We need more like her. Fortunately our osprey chick (nest in my work parking lot) is doing great, been flying for a week+ now. The kids will decide his or her name today too.