Bird Watching: Osprey season 2010 - Two chicks in a shallow nest., 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
Thanks you. Sorry about the brevity of last nights post.

From this afternoon. Dad comes and goes quite regularly delivering fish to Big Hook, which she feeds to the chicks after having a sample of the fare herself. He'll fly to the pole branch and as soon as she's finished feeding, he'll fly down to the nest and remove the remainder, taking it to one of the branches below the nest or into the tree outside Madame X's house.

At times my heart is in my mouth as I watch Big Hook clumsily moving around the nest. I'm sure she had the fish on top of the chicks for a while this afternoon. I live in fear that there'll be a repeat of the tragic event that occurred the other day.

Just a few shots from today, heavily cropped to provide some detail. First, the whole family. Big Hook on the left of the photo, beautiful Dad on the right and the two chicks in the centre. Dad had just delivered part of a fish, that Big Hook has at her feet.