The fledgling male osprey had caught a fish so big that even a mature female osprey (who are bigger than the males) would have had trouble getting the catch back to a tree. And, there is the ever present danger of a bald eagle looking for a fish to steal.
doc ellen's journey 
Oh I was jumping up and down, cheering the osprey on—come on, come on–it’s just a little way further….. What to do……? Perhaps next time.
On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 10:20 PM doc ellen’s journey wrote:
> neighdoctor posted: “The fledgling male osprey had caught a fish so big > that even a mature female osprey (who are bigger than the males) would have > had trouble getting the catch back to a tree. And, there is the ever > present danger of a bald eagle looking for a fish to steal.” >