Raising Aussie Osprey #6

Perfect pics, Margaret. Lee

Would still love to see her in flight, Margaret...even if you think its' a bad pic.

Why, thank you Lee.

GP, be very careful what you wish for. (Snigger)

There's no end to the entertainment this gorgeous little girl puts on.

All fluffed up

She looks like something you'd but in a toy store.

This shots was taken after the shadow came onto the nest but I just love the way they were standing, so close to each other.

perfectly sentimental in the best possible way. I would assume they'd never be this close again after Aussie leaves the nest? Lee

Oh Margaret that last shot is a gem!

I've had to play around with this to lighten it a little. Once again they were in shadow but I love the way Aussie is screaming into Mum's ear.

She's gorgeous as usual.

No words are needed.

Thanks Mrs Ed.

Mum looks shellshocked. There was no sight or sound of Dad today.

Still screaming for food. Mum's done this so many times before, she's completely unmoved.

That's all folks (for tonight anyway).

perfect ending to the show, the last photo. Lee

aw, a lovely bow. did she throw you kisses too?

Ahhh...that last shot is perfect!!

Love the one of mum & Aussie posted at 8:02...

The shots of here strectching..like she is doing excercises...I just kept picturing my Leslie Sansone dvd's in my head! lol

I would say that 18 for a wild bird is probably considered a good life span. Though the thought is a little bittersweet. You may have been lucky enough to capture what may be her last "raising of a baby osprey."

In which case, makes this all the more special to all of us.

ew resin!!! ruin the ballet image I had in my head.

:-))

That tail-up posture only means one thing . . .

Wonderful pics Margaret!

Oh well, In my mind, everything is an animated cartoon anyway

Hee hee hee

Geee.....LOL!!!

I am so glad that you were able to find out something about Mom. I did not guess her age in the teens. I thought she was around 5 or 6...she wears her age well ;o) I wonder if she uses some type of night cream? LOL

I love the picture, Marg, as always. But, I especially like the one where Mom has her eyes closed, while Aussie is yelling for food.

Kim

Wonderful captures of mother and daughter, the show continues and gets better all the time just when we thought it was all over. Their behaviour is not so different to humans, making the child become independent for her own good. I'm wondering if mother left for a day to get her used to being without her, while dad looked out for her. Then they swap, with dad disappearing. A sort of gradual dependency break.

It's great to know the mother's age, she has done well to rear young at her age, if we take it human years 4x she would be 72! 4x sounds reasonable if you relate 15 to 30 as human years of 60 to 120. I think she has life in her yet, the eye doesn't look that bad to me and she certainly seems to be capable.

Gee, at that age, she should be knitting for her grandkids. LOL

And she is doing it with only one eye! This mom is up for mother of the year!

I agree nanny the 8:02 mum and daughter photo was exceptional, made my heart melt. And the 8:18 photo - Aussie looks like she's screaming, "You're the worst mother in the world. Everybody else gets to stay out . . . ." Sheesh some things never change.

You are so right Margaret - your gorgeous gorgeous girl (s).

I'm astonished by Mum's age. Life must be pretty good for ospreys in Oz. Wonderful photos.

Happy to know you were able to get more info on Mum. Makes it all the more special. Lovely, lovely,lovely shots. Love the Mum and Aussie shot a lot, and the ending bow, even if she had to unload. ;)

Gee the evacuation bow shows the feather rather well.

I've been to the Osprey nest this evening and the evening before yesterday (and the one before that). All three birds are either seen or heard, but there hasn't been a huge amount of activity to capture and what there has been to capture is out of focus. When I got there today, Mum and Aussie were on the nest. Aussie flew up onto the branch (missed it) and a short time later flew back onto the nest and then flew down into the trees and I didn't catch sight of her again, although I could occasionally hear her.

A man who does the gardening said the male Osprey was sitting on a fence at the top of the embankment this morning, really close to where he was and so he was being extra cautious not to make any sudden movements and scare it off and promptly skidded and slipped a couple of metres down the embankment in a great cloud of dust and expletives. The male Osprey looked on, bemused and totally unperturbed by this man's antics.

Here's Aussie from 3 days ago.

Magnificent picture Margaret!

Thanks, GP. She's so confident and every day I've been there recently she's left Mum on the nest and has gone off into the trees down on the bay on her own. I haven't seen them flying high, but then, I'm not there during the times that they would be doing flight practice in the thermals because it's too darn hot.

This shot follows right on from the previous one. She's heading down to the nest.

They are such fabulous birds.

Great pics Margaret! So good to see you posting. We've missed you very much!

This is not an Osprey. This Willie Wagtail was so close to me that I couldn't get it all in the telephoto lens. I thought I'd include it here, because these birds have been there, pestering the Ospreys since I first started observing them back in August.

Isn't she pretty, Mrs Ed?

Oh, Pelle, thank you. My computer seems to have spontaneously recovered from its hissy fit. However, I remain very apprehensive every time I turn it on. I think it's going to be like Nanny's Downy's and explode.

This is what greeted me this afternoon/mevening: Aussie and Mum on the nest together. I don't know what Aussie was looking at. There were no aircraft in the area. Probably a fly on the moon or something.

"Here I come, Mum"!

Shortly after this, Aussie left Mum at the nest and flew off. There wasn't much Osprey action after that. Stay tuned for regular updates.