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Osprey – Egg Incubation, Chick Rearing and Wild Fostering

May 14 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

In 2023, Wild Care’s Executive Director was tasked with incubating two sets of Osprey eggs, raising the chicks and finding them suitable wild foster nests. Stephanie will discuss this intensive process along with its successes and challenges. She will also touch upon the history of Osprey on Cape Cod – a true conservation success story, and the legalities involved in working with Osprey nests, eggs and chicks. Two of the hatched Osprey chicks were placed in the Osprey nest at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster!

Stephanie is the Executive Director Wild Care, a wildlife rehabilitation hospital located in Eastham, MA (Cape Cod) She has a special affinity for birds and mice and has worked extensively in the fields of wildlife rehabilitation and avian conservation on both U.S. coasts. She loves dancing, and enjoying Cape Cod’s natural beauty.

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Date:
May 14
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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