Why didn’t the third Grand Lake osprey egg hatch this year?

Why didn’t the third Grand Lake osprey egg hatch this year?

Grand Lake’s osprey couple laid a total of three eggs this year. Two chicks hatched on June 16 and 19, and have been growing rapidly in size ever since. But the third eggs never hatched. Why could that be? According to livestream custodian Kent Roorda, it could’ve been unfertilized or simply nonviable. The nest is located in Roorda’s backyard. In most cases, “it is impossible to know” what has caused an egg to not hatch, Roorda said. Insufficien…