Friday, March 13, 2009

The Osprey's BACK!!!


The Osprey's BACK!!!
Originally uploaded by Rexfree_99
OH joy of joys! Today I went for my walk, I first scanned the field for the hunting egrets, but no luck there. Then I started to climb up the hill and startled a deer, a little doe.
When I got to the top of the small hill, I scanned again, and unmistakeably there was a small white dot on top of the power line where the Osprey nest used to be. And it moved! Yikes, soooo exciting.
I made a wide circuit until I could get out of shooting directly into the sun...He made a lot of noise as I moved in for this shot and left soon after.
I can only hope that he will rebuild. Only one stick remains from the old nest.
Today was so full of life...there was also a pair of red tailed or shouldered hawks, a pair of herons flying by, lots of woodpeckers, scrub jays and of course the doves.
I have a grey squirrel perching by a nest too.
Oh, I am so glad that I didn't travel this year at this time, anyway.

1 comment:

Lonely Voice said...

Oh, I'm happy they are back. Hope they rebuild the nest. The pair on Soda Bay Road was back, too. Love to watch them and hear their cries.