Bird Watching: Whopper - heading towards independence at a leisurely pace., 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
An update on our ospreys. I received a call from Madam X yesterday morning, telling me that Dad was on the nest. As I haven't seen him since mid December, I went to have a look. I took some photos, but mornings are not a good time for photography as the nest is side/backlit. Big Hook was on Dad's branch in the trees outside Madam's place, dozing contentedly with a huge fish in her claws. Whopper was nowhere to be seen.

I went back down there yesterday afternoon. Big Hook and Whopper were both on Dad's branch, just sitting quietly, occasionally gazing to an area between the tree they were in and the nest and I assumed that Dad must have been down there, although I couldn't see him.

Here's Big Hook on the left, with Whopper again looking astonished.