Growing in an Osprey's garden #3

Oh my goodness, what a beautiful little bird! I can see where it got it's name, it looks like a rainbow ... and I bet it eats bees? I must go google to read about that one!

Have a great night Margaret ... sweet dreams!

They do indeed eat bees, Lin, and they are the most incredibly beautiful birds. Their sound is like an umpires whistle, except soft.

They sure are incredibly beautiful birds! I googled to read about them. Some of you might like to check it out:

http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/bird/174
http://www.avianweb.com/beeeaters.html
and you can listen to their pretty vocals here: http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/bird/174

Margaret, with your incredible photography, I hope you will consider uploading a few of your photo's to Bird Files!

Rainbow Bee eater: http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/1314/

Osprey: http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/110/

I so enjoy this wonderful thread Margaret has brought to us. I wished many others could benefit from following this family of Ospreys...

Have a good night rest Margaret. Thank you for those wonderful pictures you've generously shared once again, today.

Thanks Lin.

Just got caught up and am still so amazed by these incredible photos. The dolphins are such beautiful creatures too. Harmony looks so big in that photo with the wings spread out. Seems like just yesterday we were seeing a tiny little bird.

Thank you Margaret, you make me feel like I'm almost sitting there with you and watching these beauties.

Lilly_love and duckmother, Yes, Western Australia rejected the time change. We're still on for our return to standard time. Drat the early sunsets!

Lovely pix, Margaret. Can't believe how fluffy Harmony is.

We will be setting our clocks back one hour this coming Saturday night ... the end of Daylight Savings Time for us, until April when we have to "Spring" forward an hour once again! I know there's a lot of controversy about changing clocks forward and backward each year and I sometimes wonder why it's done. The older I get, the harder it seems to get myself accustomed to the changes every year. It's nice having extended daylight but then again it bothers me hearing of small children standing in the dark waiting for school buses early in the morning too. And, it does affect sleep patterns for some. But, I guess we have to follow the norm or we'd be waaay out of sync. We will be moving our clocks back one hour this weekend and I bet my husband will have a few students who show up late for class Monday morning, or miss class all together, LOL.

Here's some info regarding Daylight Savings Time (or Summer Time to some people)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

Margaret love your photos .And I hate daylight savings,we just went back to it I think 4yrs ago,we did just fine without it ,for years,I will be falling asleep at 8:00 pm,my clock does not adjust well !!LOL

Yup that could be it...LOL!!! I love them dearly...but thank goodness I take them home tomorrow!!

Our clocks went back last weekend. Wish they'd abolish all this summer time nonsense - it's all just a con, using fraudulent time, trying to tell us the time isn't what it really is.

Resin


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So true ... I don't understand why the clock change every year! Time is what it is!

I love getting home from work and it is still light. I would be happy to go to work earlier and get home earlier, then they could stop DST. But until this happens, I am happy for the change!

I thought the time change had something to do with farming. (?)

I've always heard farmers don't like it! Makes them have to start out a lot earlier and in the pitch dark with chores, animal tending etc.

I spent only an hour and a half at the nest this afternoon. The temperature was a balmy 22C (74F) with a strong south westerly (good) blowing. It was so delightful to sit and watch the three of them interacting with each other. I didn't manage to get a photo of it because of the additional sticks that were added to the nest last Saturday, but I saw Harmony hunker down for the first time, as an airplane flew over. I was beginning to think Harmony was going to be an exception to the rule, as I've observed it watch with curiosity as yachts under full sail have passed beneath the nest.

Here's our chick looking at Dad on the right hand branch.

Dad watches as little Harmony exercises the wings. Unbelievable just how much the chick has grown since yesterday.

Look at this gorgeous combination of fluff, pins and feathers.

Seconds later, Harmony settled at the base of the branch. How about that camouflage?

Big Hook had flown off several minutes before and Dad made his way down into the nest where the chick had a little nap. The reason I've included this photo is to show just how well it is camouflaged, even when you know where to look

Big Hook was gone for over half an hour, the longest I've known her to be absent since the chick hatched. I thought she had returned with a fish and thought, well, here's a first! It wasn't until I viewed the shots I'd taken that I saw that she had brought back a lump of weed.

Through the viewfinder it really did look like a fish.

Just about to touch down.

"Tell the kid anything you like. Just don't tell it I caught a WEED".

Family shot

Parenthood can be taxing. Dad having a big yawn.

You'll need to look carefully behind Harmony to see Big Hook lying deep in the nest having a snooze.

Awww, that yawn is very cute.

This really makes me smile. Big Hook half rouses from slumber, with one eye open , just as the chicks eyes are starting to close.

That's it for now. Stay tuned for more tomorrow. Mevening, Mrs Ed.

Superb pics Margaret! It really is amazing how fast he is growing. Their such a beautiful family!

Thanks Pelle. It's funny,every day I think I may give it a miss, but come 2pm and I find I'm heading out the door, camera in hand. I'm hooked!

amazing how the Harmony is growing , love the family shots

It just warms my heart to watch this Osprey family raise their chick! Harmony is growing so fast, he/she will be a teenager before we know it! Then will come the time of fledging the nest and going off to start a family of his/her own.

To me in this shot: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=7223211 it does look like Big Hook is whispering to Dad! Keep these wonderful pictures coming Margaret! It seems like I see one and think "Oh, this is my favorite shot yet!" But, then I click on the next in line and it becomes my fav. They are all extremely great photo's ... and telling a wonderful story!

Here is a pretty good explanation of daylight savings time www.standardtime.com

I believe you're not the only one that's "hooked" on this family Margaret. I believe if we all lived closer to you, you'd be leading a very long line of people to the nest with cameras in hand!

Superb photos once again!!

The pictures are great. The story is priceless!!! Duc, please save me a spot to line up behind you.

That would be an adventure for sure! I can picture a huge group of DG'ers trekking to that nest for their turn at a photo op!

... only problem is that I don't do hilly country very well, LOL I'm used to the (very) flat land of this part of Florida! Someone would have to be behind me to shove and tug this ole' gal up the hill! Or, maybe it would be easier to stick me in a wheelbarrow and push me! ^_^

Sherpas!

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