Bird Watching: They're ba-a-ack. Osprey season begins., 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:

Just a bit of an update on our ospreys. Madame X observed them mating several days ago. I've been down there several times since and although they're bringing sticks and other material to the nest and are spending a lot of time there, I haven't seen them coupling - yet.

I have just a few shots from yesterday. I thought I'd go along the low path because the lighting is really poor from the usual places at the moment, with the sun being so far to the north. Big Hook was sitting on the nest when I arrived. She glanced at me but didn't bother moving, even though I was wearing a red Goretex jacket. My experience has been that our birds don't like red (we don't have hummingbirds) or white. Birders generally should stick to dull camouflage colours to avoid spooking whatever they're watching.

After about half an hour she flew up onto one of the branches and this is her calling out to her mate in greeting as he flew in from the end of the bay.