Bird Watching: Raising Aussie Osprey #9, 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
I spent only a couple of hours at the nest site today. When I arrived, Mum was on the nest and Aussie on the branch making her usual racket. There was really very little activity, except Mum went for a couple of flights, not returning after the last one. When she leaves, it's as if Aussie can't believe her good luck at being handed the nest on a platter. She looks to see where Mum's gone, she looks at the nest, she looks skyward and then scans all the trees in sight. She then checks the nest again and with a squeal of delight flies down onto it, where she repeats the routine checks. Satisfied that the nest is actually hers, she settles down to preening, calling the fishmonger (who must have had a day off) and having a doze.

When Mum returned to the nest after her first flight, Aussie briefly confronted her, but Mum stood her ground and Aussie very quickly retreated to the branch where she voiced her disapproval.

In light of all the drama recently, I'm glad to be able to post a light hearted shot of Mum catching a fly. My fellow observer and I have both seen her do this before.