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Welcome To The World - First Baby Osprey Chick Hatches At Island Beach
Fledgling emerged around 6:45 p.m., event captured on Friends of Island Beach's Osprey Cam
One and counting!
The first of four osprey eggs in the Friends of Island Beach State Park's Osprey Cam nest near the park's interpretive center hatched early this evening, much to the delight of visitors to the FOIBSP's webcam.
The baby chick entered the world after it punched through its shell at 6:45 p.m., according to the FOIBSP website.
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This year the female osprey laid a whopping four eggs. Whether they will all hatch or not remains to be seen.
Berkeley Patch will continue to update the osprey family's progress. The mother and father bird arrived at the park on March 24 and promptly settled in making a home.
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You can watch the nest 24 hours a day, seven days a week by clicking here - http://friendsofislandbeach.org/ospreycam/
Hundreds last year watched in awe as an osprey couple settled into the nest perched 40 feet in the air and began to make a home. The female bird laid three eggs, but only one hatched in late May.
Viewers promptly named the baby bird "Memo" and delighted in watching her rapid growth and first flight.
The Friends of Island Beach paid $10,000 back in October 2011 for the solar-powered "Osprey Cam," which runs day and night. The camera and platform were battered by the Superstorm Sandy and had to be repaired.
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