Bird Watching: Raising Aussie Osprey #7, 0 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
Whilst Aussie was eating the fish up on the branch, Mum returned to the nest. She made no attempt to join Aussie on the branch. After Aussie had finished eating and had wiped her beak clean on the branch, she flew back down to join Mum on the nest.

D'ya know, the more I think of it, the more I'm beginning to think that it may have been a lesson. If Mum's behaviour had been driven by hunger, surely she would have gone up onto the branch and wrestled that pipsqueak for the fish. The fact that she just stood on the nest, preening and dozing indicates to me that she wasn't all that distressed by extreme hunger. Yeh, I like that thought.