Bird Watching: Raising Aussie Osprey. Number 2, 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
I went to the nest to check on Aussie this afternoon. The female was in the process of feeding the chick when I got there. I took a stack of shots, but less than a dozen were salvageable. It was quite a warm day and I could clearly hear the poor little soul panting. She'd move to shade it with her own body, but with some of the fish still uneaten in the nest, she'd be unable to resist the temptation to have another snack, leaving the little one briefly exposed to the hot sun.

I was speaking to a lady who lives in the house two doors down from where my viewing area is. She was saying that when the male brings a fish into the tree in front of her house, Australian Ravens, noted for their intelligence, work in a group to intimidate the male out of his catch. If they succeed in getting him to move, but he keeps a tight grip on his catch, the Ravens will move to the branch where he had been feasting to clean up the bits left behind.