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

MargaretK wrote:
Ospreys have a reputation for bringing an assortment of discarded junk to the nest. I really don't think that the bicycle seat is the same is that strange greenish shape from a few days ago.

Thanks, Al. It's good when you can anticipate what the birds are intending to do. Sometimes, I'm able to capture the movement, but at other times I mentally flog myself for lack of skill when I miss a good shot.

These are from yesterday, but I haven't had time to play around with them until now. When I got there yesterday, Big Hook was on the nest. After a while, Dad flew by a couple of times with a fish, almost as if he was showing off. He took it to his favourite branch and spent 45 minutes eating what he wanted of it and then brought the substantial left-overs to Big Hook. The take over took close on 15 seconds, with her pulling at the fish and trying to eat it whilst Dad tried to release his grip and maintain his balance.