Orville’s wing feathers are emerging from his down. Baby ospreys grow fast!

Orville’s wing feathers are emerging from his down. Baby ospreys grow fast!

Here is Orville the osprey the first week we had him.

To transport him, we kept him warm in a one gallon-sized cooler lined with hand heaters. When we got him home, we put him in a Sterilite plastic storage container with a small towel in the bottom. We leaned a reptile-style heating pad against the side of his container, and underneath, Kennonite placed a dog mat heater.

He slept. A lot.
As he’s gotten older, he sleeps less and less and peeps more and more.