Bird Watching: Osprey season 2011. Guess what we've got!, 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:

Maybe you can see the dark line on the wing of the largest chick (right). That's the pin feathers starting to appear.

I heard Whopper yesterday. The sound came from her usual spot down in front of Madam X's place. Both Dad and Big Hook gave a few unconcerned "kek kek"s, which is a totally different response to that given to "strange" Ospreys in the area. Dad chased one off a few days ago. It was a smaller bird than he, so it clearly wasn't Whopper. Whopper is now one year old.

I was talking to a guy who normally lives down south and he said it's nothing unusual for the young Ospreys to stick around the area and be tolerated by the parents.