Hellgate Ospreys “Owl Pole“ Perch | Cornell Lab | University of Montana

This cam features a view of the “owl pole“ just downriver from the nest site. It’s the top of a utility pole that has (in the past) had a plastic owl mounted on it below the spot where Louis and Iris often stop to eat their fish. Watch live with updates, tweets, and highlights at Watch the cam and learn about the Montana Osprey Project at ********************************* This Osprey nest is at the mouth of the spectacular Hellgate Canyon at the edge of Missoula, Montana. It’s in a very busy location, right outside the Riverside Health Care Center and next to busy parking lots, a construction site, a busy highway, and a railroad. However, it’s also an ideal location in many ways, since these Ospreys have riverfront property only about 50 feet from the Clark Fork River. Being so close to people does not bother them, and hundreds of people enjoy watching them every day. The female Osprey a