Bird Watching: Raising Aussie Osprey #4, 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
Thanks Iris. It's good that you are able to see them. There were originally two chicks here, but one didn't survive. No idea exactly what happened. One day it was there, the next it had gone and both chicks had appeared to be the same size.

Funny thing happened late this afternoon. I'm used to seeing the chick hunker down when planes fly over or when yachts pass below the nest. With Christmas coming up, the river is a popular place for revellers, both on shore and in boats. A couple a young guys came stumbling merrily along the path below, one wearing a pith helmet and the other with a strange, large, red and white apparatus on his head. No idea what it was supposed to be. They saw us on the platform above and with inhibitions obviously diminished in proportion with the booze they'd consumed, scrambled up the embankment, holding their bottles so as not to spill a drop, despite the uneven and very unstable ground, greeting us like Stanley and Livingston in the African jungle. The chick took one look at them and hit the deck. Look hard and you'll see the chick eyeing the two guys with apprehension.