Bird Watching: Growing in an Osprey's Garden #8, 1 by unsteady

unsteady wrote:
After these shots mum took off so we back peddled to take piccies of dad. At this time Harmony appeared and I think she was keen to land in a tree close to us but was probably put off by our presence so instead went over to the nest and landed on a low branch of the tree. I decided to make my way over to a position close to the waters edge where I could look up at her and also have an unhindered view of the bay to see if I could spot ma or pa returning. I could then call to Margaret who was by now back in her no 1 position above the nest. Well after 5 mins Harmony plunged from the branch and hovered over the water in front of me - I really though she was going to get a fish, but to my disappointment she turned serenely and flew off up the bay. I decided to stay and watch - in fact i tracked the 'dot' to practice my panning even though she was a 100 m away or so; she was very low almost skimming the water. well to my amazement she turned around and headed into the water. I clicked a couple of shots which I didn't hold out to much hope for; but I've really cropped them and decided to post them to demonstrate that Harmony is really growing up fast and appears to be desperate to earn her 'wings' and ma and pa's approval. I don't think she was after a fish this time, she was to low I think to spot one, I reckon she was practicing. In the first shot you can see she's touched the water - see the droplets. In the second she's clearly got her legs in the water, but not her body. Apologies for the shot quality, Harmony was at least a 100m away and to be honest I'm staggered I was able to recover something from the images.