Iris Returns To Missoula, Montana | Hellgate Osprey Cam - April 7, 2021

[@mamadance11]

I am so HAPPY to see her again. I LOVE HER

[@famtomerc]

Nothing can stop grandma osprey!

[@Ash-hi5hy]

Love how she just glides in like the rock star she is!!! Good luck Iris!!

[@mamabird129]

So happy she made it back. She's a survivor.

[@tingmay]

Welcome back Iris!!! I'm so happy she made the journey back home safely.

[@tamaragonzalez2227]

What wonderful news to see Iris back.

[@barbs4919]

Oh my goodness, so happy to see Iris back , hope she has a successful summer , I just love her 💕

[@shaneva2163]

Welcome home, dear Iris! You are back and you look wonderful! Oh, if only you could talk and tell us of your winter adventures!

[@daisybee1439]

Welcome back sweet Iris!

[@birdiel7182]

Hallelujah! Iris is back!!!

[@patriciaacheff5804]

What an amazing bird! Yay Iris you rock!

[@kathyneary7242]

Welcome back our princess, glad you are safe.🤩🙏🙏

[@cindyjohnson6303]

I'm so happy to see Iris. I hope she finds a mate this year. Nice nest.

[@1500-j6v]

Не суждено и в этом году Ирис иметь птенцов💞

[@bobgirvan6077]

I am thrilled that she's back. Let's hope her tenacity is rewarded. Good luck Iris (from the UK)

[@nunyabiz-]

Hope springs eternal ! Gorgeous Iris ! 🧡🌞

[@embodyingpt]

Yay! I have been hoping to hear that Iris returned. Welcome back, Iris!

[@rachelb.2014]

Welcome back Iris!

[@terripearman4854]

What a wonderful sight to see her!!!

[@kathypickens254]

Yay! Love her! Good luck this season, Iris!

[@IlseJentzsch]

Hurra, the Queen is back!

[@melissaabbott6829]

❤IRIS❤ You made it! Welcome back! WOOOOOHOOOOO!

[@terrysinger7828]

I love Iris! She always has so much to say! Now all she needs is a dedicated loyal mate!

[@kathgrainger4504]

, Love Iris so much, been watching this beautiful lady for years from England. Watched her through the good old days of Iris & Stanley (god bless him). Really hoping Louis stays away & here's hoping she can find a reliable male. She is such a trooper :-)

[@cindythomas5895]

Sweet sweet Iris.. so happy your back 🙏🙏🙏🙏 Praying you get to be a mommy ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️

[@turbofanlover]

As a winter lover, I'm always a bit sad when it's over for another year. By far the largest and main consolation for me is the return of all the birds from their wintering grounds. Welcome back, Iris. :)

[@patriciaalam1864]

I love her so much! Been watching her for years!💕💕💕

[@svkov4888]

Love this beautiful bird!💕💕💕

[@eileenbell9179]

I just love 😘 these cams

[@lisabuscaglia1856]

Yay great video of Iris🪶 and... I'm right here in beautiful, Missoula Montana~

[@СергейН-н6б]

Sweet Iris! I crossed my fingers all winter to see you again in spring! I love you from Russia :)

[@rebekahdrysdale6303]

This bird is so stoic.

[@birdlover6842]

Wonderful! So good to see Iris!♡

[@barnowlwatcher]

Welcome back Iris!! It is always a sigh of relief when they make it back from migration. I hope she can have a successful season with a new mate.

[@2010clif]

Chegou a Rainha Iris! Maravilha!

[@katalin2555]

La reina ha vuelto👏🤩!

[@SamtheMan0508]

I'm so happy she's back😘but please Iris, don't take that two timing Louis back.

[@shgnamaste7730]

That's my girl, Iris. 🥰

[@Milestonemonger]

Going to Missoula next month. Will make sure to go do some bird watching while there.

[@mars54mars54]

so cool, have not watched her for a couple years, not since Stanley 😢 , but had watched for years previous... how old is Iris estimated to be, what is their life span?

[@user-st8le4mf2o]

Our old beloved friend. Welcome from Israel.

[@digitalknightproductions4847]

Awesome

[@jordandaniel7451]

Hey cool I live in missoula. Although my.favorite is the baled eagle. Go ospreys

[@Solidlattice431]

New cam

[@rridderbusch518]

I hope she finds a wonderful mate. Louis turned out to be a schmuck. Love you, Iris!

[@petr-podrouzek]

Amazing :-)

[@opera93]

Thanks, interestingly watching from just outside E, HELENA MT : though get to Missoula ( normally ) frequently.......

[@emoji01]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@rebekahdrysdale6303]

This is amazing. Where is this parking lot?

[@caragrewell8217]

Missoula College River Campus

[@КириллДемидов-ч7ц]

Красавица хозяйка вернулась,добро пожаловать!только гнездо все перерыли белки одни ямы...

[@sueendris9121]

have they laid eggs yet first time on here

[@Andrei8pa3]

What happened? (I'm new so I don't know much)

[@jenniferjane8977]

I think I remember her coming back last year but she didn’t have a mate does anyone know if she has a mate this year? 🧐🧡🧡🧡

[@johnkmatsch]

The boy will flutter down onto her back then fly away.

[@DoubleDogDare54]

I see that bum, Louis, just stopped by to say hello to Iris. Flew over Iris and the nest and took off, probably going home to his wife.

[@j.c.b6473]

This place is a MESS! Where's housekeeping?

[@capptain_crunch9544]

Louis needs to be relocated. I know we're not supposed to interfere but every rule has exceptions. Iris is actually a national treasure, she's 29 correct? The oldest osprey we know of...5 years have been stolen from her by Louis...so many chicks lost because of an abusive father...since he reappeared this year she just looks like she's given up and it's heartbreaking. It's as if she's held hostage by her instincts, but clearly treats him like a stranger....I mean he still hasn't even brought her a fish and he tried to steal hers. I pray she doesn't lay any eggs. More so, I pray they don't hatch because the only thing waiting for chicks in this nest is suffering. And Iris' suffering as well. I remember watching a video of someone from Cornell commenting on the 2017 nest and how everyone in the town and Cornell alike were so excited to see Iris still nesting. That excitement compounded by Iris herself given her notoriety....but then 3 more years of abuse and neglect and misery unfolded and yet we're just allowing Iris to be tortured. She deserves better.

[@iam1ronmom967]

I COMPLETELY COMPLETELY agree! Please give her a chance to feel happy!! Give any chicks a chance to survive. Starla (Louis’ wife?) has more of a chance to get a new mate.

[@DoubleDogDare54]

@@iam1ronmom967 My understanding - and I don't know how accurate it is - Louis and Starla raised a couple of clutches to fledging. So, if that's the case, Louis knows the rules. He simply doesn't follow the rules with Iris. I am assuming this year will be like last year - Louis will disappear, Iris will lay eggs but not bother to incubate them. She'll hang around all summer, then migrate again.

[@Starbreaker666]

Say NO to Louis!!! He's a dead beat dad!

[@Blortoblorto]

And let the Louis hate begin... I roll my eyes at you who anthrpomorphize Louis and Iris vis-a-vis pop culture war feminism of the United States. Iris is OLD. With age sexual viability decreases. Louis wants be as sure as he can be that he fathers chicks that survive, that doesn’t make him a “bad man” or a straw man to attach an argument about the inferiority of masculinity to femininity. You can love Iris more, but she is not served by gender politics in the comments of a nest cam.

[@aliciawellnitz1799]

If the male doesn’t care for his mate and offspring, the chances of his genes making it into the next generation are low to nil. They have to survive to sexual maturity and be healthy enough to find their own mates. Otherwise he’s wasting his time. It really doesn’t make sense from an evolutionary standpoint for him to spread it around, unless it’s a species that is precocious & requires little to no parental care.

[@ambroziajewel]

Just like any mammal, there are proficient and deficient birds when it comes to rearing chicks. We’ve all seen it. And the fact that you call feminism “pop culture” on a bird site says much more about you than it.

[@DoubleDogDare54]

Well, ol' Lou did exactly as you said he had the right to do and the result was no chicks that survived.

[@jamesoliveri91]

Feminism is about equal rights NOT the inferiority of masculinity. You’ve got it ALL wrong pal. You are the one needlessly politicizing this. Louis was a crappy bird dad. Didn’t help raise a successful brood. THAT’S the point.