After a very long day in the field I sit here staring at this page….how do I get it all in one post? Well I can’t…..so I won’t. For starters I finally got a new used car, so am more comfortable putting on the miles to check more nests. So I headed out early this morning….a beautiful Easter morning in a lovely park, with only one other human being seen. But I did see a male osprey back on his nest! It was a spectacular sight, so quiet. Sometimes I feel so lucky to be right where I am, seeing what I see, experiencing what I experience. But there was no female yet at this nest. It’s early tho. Then on to other nests….many of them empty, about four that had a pair! One of those nests should have had two banded ospreys….but only the male was banded. The older banded female was nowhere to be seen and he was bringing fish to this new unbanded female. There is still time for the older female to show up. It can take me a long time to just figure out if they are banded…lots of patience. Can’t blink or I will miss it! I visited 17 nests….four had pairs, one had a single osprey. One of those nests has quite a story so I will post that soon in a separate post. Enjoy the crummy photos….a windy day, hard to get a sharp shot sometimes holding my I phone up to the scope. I did mostly like the newish car…..but holy crap, I have to go to school to learn it all. The tech issues….what is that button for? Why is it beeping? How do I turn that off? I am so old school.
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