Osprey chicks struggling to survive baling twine

An osprey chick near Ninepipes is entangled in hay baling twine. (Courtesy photo)

With a worried parent looking on, biologist Beth Mendelsohn of the Owl Research Institute based in Charlo works to untangle baling twine from an osprey chick at Ninepipes. (Courtesy photo)

by CAROLYN HIDY
Lake County Leader | July 8, 2021 12:50 AM

CHARLO — Thanks to a live camera feed at explore.org, people from all over the world were watching an osprey family with young chicks in a nest near Charlo last week when trouble struck. One of the chicks was tangled in orange baling twine...

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