Bird Watching: The 2010 Osprey season heats up, 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:

Things are progressing well at the nest. Pete saw them mating yesterday and I received a call from Madame X late morning saying that Big Hook hadn't moved off the nest all day and appeared to be sitting as if on eggs.

I went down there this afternoon and sure enough, she was still on the nest. The egg, if one has been laid, is not visible, but both Pete and Madame X had the thought that if Dad relieved Big Hook on the nest and he went into a sitting position as well, that would seem to be a pretty fair indication that one has been laid. And that is exactly what happened this afternoon. Dad brought some more weed for the nest. I didn't see either bird do anything with it after the delivery and he flew off for close on an hour before returning. It was then that she flew to a lower branch for about 20 minutes and he took over sitting duties.

By the way, the water wasn't really that rather strange colour. That is a by product of me playing around in elements.