New Osprey Up-Date

photo courtesy of Dennis Swayze

Surprise, Surprise…there is a Bird God.

I would like to retract my last post when I had said “Of the three locations I check I haven’t seen any young”

After one of my contacts emailed and said she had seen a juvenile…it was a must check location.

I like it when I’m wrong in a good way…sure enough I got my first glimpse of a juvenile having a morning snack.

Having only seen one chick it makes me wonder now if there could be a second…time will tell.

Strange Year For The Osprey

photo courtesy of Dennis Swayze

It’s been a strange year for the Osprey up at our summer place this year. Of the three locations I check I haven’t seen any young ?

It’s unclear as to why but my thoughts are it’s weather related. Perhaps all do to a late spring and then a long cold snap…this may have had something to do with the mating process and the viability of the eggs that may have been laid.

This all means that there was no chance of watching the young do their pre-flight flapping at the nest sites.

Hopefully next year will bring better results.

Coopers Play Time

photo courtesy of Dennis Swayze

By nature the young Coopers enjoy to frolic in the trees and on the ground as well. This had all be evident during recent visits to the Gardens.

If one is found rest assured the other siblings will soon appear and the fun begins.