Osprey nesting
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common_natureI got to see an Osprey sitting on its nest!
When I came back later to show my partner, we talked to another birder who said this nesting platform has been there for a long time but in past years Ospreys have only stayed for a short time and not fledged any young. This year they've stayed much longer than usual so hopes are high for a baby! The other adult was perched in a tree nearby.
Ospreys eat only fish. (The platform is above a river.) It's interesting that small birds seem to realize they're no threat, and completely ignore them. While we were there, we saw a flock of blackbirds furiously mob and chase away a Cooper's Hawk while the Ospreys calmly looked on.
When I came back later to show my partner, we talked to another birder who said this nesting platform has been there for a long time but in past years Ospreys have only stayed for a short time and not fledged any young. This year they've stayed much longer than usual so hopes are high for a baby! The other adult was perched in a tree nearby.
Ospreys eat only fish. (The platform is above a river.) It's interesting that small birds seem to realize they're no threat, and completely ignore them. While we were there, we saw a flock of blackbirds furiously mob and chase away a Cooper's Hawk while the Ospreys calmly looked on.
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Date: 2025-05-29 04:19 pm (UTC)Pescatarian sincerity & dignity
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Date: 2025-05-29 08:28 pm (UTC)As distinct from the proud majestic Seagulls-On-Steroids Of Freedom(1) who have no qualms about shaking down ospreys for their lunch money and scavenging landfills.
(1) Vocally as well as temperamentally; there’s a reason that damn near every Bald Eagle to be encountered in U.S. media that isn’t specifically a nature documentary is voice-acted by a Red-Tailed Hawk: the Marni Nixon or Lata Mangeshkar of the bird world.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fajjJrY8ab8
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Date: 2025-05-29 07:58 pm (UTC)Wonderful.
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Date: 2025-05-29 09:52 pm (UTC)P.
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