On May 10, the mother osprey and her eggs were exposed to a heavy hail storm. With no cover to lessen the impact of the hail, the mother and her eggs were in serious danger.
In an act of selfless maternal instincts five days before Mother's Day that was caught on video Tuesday night, a female osprey in a Longmont nest valiantly protected her three eggs from a severe storm that pelted her with pea-sized hail.