Bird Watching: OSPREYS! The new season is underway., 0 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
Thanks, Burd, and welcome back.

I went to the nest this afternoon. There's a brief period just after 4pm when parts of the nest are lit by the sun, but you can almost guarantee that if there's a bird on the best, it will move so it's in shadow. Dem's da breaks. Big Hook was on the nest from when I got there at 3pm. I didn't see or hear either Dad or Whopper (if Whopper is still around).

Iris, even though they've been adding sticks to the nest, it seems as if they are just randomly placed at present and they don't seem to be actively working on making the nest deeper. I think there'll still be fun and games on the nest before they get down to the business of building up the sides and constructing the nest cup.

Big Hook went over to one long, spindly stick out from the edge of the nest and seemed to be trying to nip the end off. Her neck was quite stretched.
Of course, her head was in the shade.