Bird Watching: Raising Aussie Osprey #9, 0 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
Thanks, Nanny, Pelle and Kim.

Welcome back Kiska. Hope you had a good holiday.

I haven't posted because there hasn't been terribly much happening, but there are many pairs of eyes looking. Four days ago the lady who lives close by saw an adult Osprey fly by with a fish, not long after dawn. Short thereafter another adult Osprey flew by, without a fish. She was fairly certain that the second Osprey was Dad. Aussie arrived with a fish and stood on a branch nearby at 11am, but didn't start to eat the fish until 3pm.

Early that same morning, my fellow observers wife had seen three Ospreys soaring above the area. She was unable to identify them, but we all like to think that Mum is one of the birds being sighted.

Yesterday when I arrived at the nest, Aussie was one the branch with a fish. She wasn't eating it and the fish looked like it was long dead - the skin looked quite dry. She actually dozed for a greater part of the time I was there. She started to eat it about an hour after I arrived. I could see Dad in his favourite tree and Aussie would call to him periodically, between snoozes.

In this shot, there's nothing wrong with Aussie's eye, just the nictitating membrane covering it.