Still here Sept 27!

 A rough night for me…had my Covid shot yesterday and I always get pretty sick from them, so couldn’t sleep at all with a low grade fever and body aches, and nerve pain. But when I got out of bed, made some coffee and went out to get the newspaper, I noticed we had a north wind! Oh dear…are my friends gonna leave me today? So inspite of feeling crappy, I ran up to check on those ospreys. Chick was on the nest waiting for dad. I took a closeups and then she started that desperate whining and I knew dad was on the way so I managed to zoom out and get the camera focused and got some fun photos of the delivery! There was a bit if a tussle and the chick grabbed dads foot in her beak…but those dads never mind. We know her aggression is being driven by hyperphagia, her relentless hunger. Dad flew off and the chick ate her fish on the nest. It was a good size fish nd as I watched her I got curious about some things. I have been reading about Beacon, the chick still remaining near the SF Bay osprey nest. So I started counting out how old our chick is. We have a window of when she hatched, between May 27 and June 5….so she is probably between 115-124 days old now. Not as old as Beacon, but getting up there!

After she finished her fish she went to her tree perch and I watched her there for several hours….she snoozed, looked for dad and I was hoping to see him again….but eventually my fatigue and achiness made me head for home after four hours with her. I wonder if she will leave today. The north winds were between 9-14 MPH….i thought it might be enough to spur her on…but she seemed happy to just perch in her tree. I wish I could have stayed longer. I will go back tomorrow….seriously folks, how am I gonna live without her? Such a joy to hang out with them…they just are so much fun to watch!