This afternoon we decided to check out an osprey's nest that we had heard was in our area. We biked down to the baseball diamond near our house (for those of you in London who want to see this, go to the diamond behind the Good Life Fitness Club at Windermere Rd.) and found the nest without any trouble at all -- but no birds.
It was only about 2 minutes before we saw the mother bird circling the nest but she wouldn't land. We could see her and the father bird in trees beside the river, but not coming close. However we could hear them calling to one another.
After a few minutes of watching, I decided to leave two of the kids at the field and bike with the other two to the snack shack at the golf place right beside. OF course, as we are biking away we see the bird circling the two poor souls left in the field and then she lands RIGHT on the nest.
We came back a few minutes later with drinks and she was gone again -- such luck. However, we waited only another few minutes and we had several sightings of the mother, father and one of the fledglings. It took only another few minutes for one of them to land on the nest and that's when I got this shot.
Ospreys are amazing fishing birds -- their claws are huge and they have special scales on their feet so that the fish can't slip away. They stand about 2 feet tall when full grown.
This wildlife moment was brought to you by the number 4 and the letter "O" -- for Osprey.
Wow thats a nice shot of the bird but someone appears to have left a huge pile of stick on top of the floodlight at your ball diamond things like that would never happen over here.
ReplyDeleteTo get the best shots its best to chake the pole!! just kiddin in case someone is going to report me to some animal people.
HELLO!!! ok, now you'll be addicted to blogging. how fun! i'm impressed, you already have PICTURES. i am still completely inept at that. miss you!
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