ospreys of Jordan Lake

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By Puzzled Osprey Fledgling 09/11/2018

I told the fledgling Osprey that there was a big big storm coming. He said,  “how big?” And I said, “so big that the sky was going to be stuffed plum-full edge to edge with wind and rain.” To which he replied, “does that mean that Chicken Little was right and the sky is going to fall?” And he twisted his head around upside down and tried to see all the way up into the heavens.

 

By JL Ranger Cove: Osprey Family update, 1 photo, 1 slideshow 08/03/2018
Ranger Cove Osprey Family
 
I got to the cove to find Dad osprey sitting on one branch to the left of Brother Piper on the right.
They both looked at me, checked me out and then ignored me.
They sat there for more than 10 minutes.  Once in a while Piper would look hard at Dad.
Finally Piper got tired of just waiting around and he left.  Dad Osprey kept watching life flow by.
It was not until Dad Osprey took flight 12 minutes later that I realized he had been standing on a fish!
No wonder Piper kept looking hard at Dad.
As Dad took flight I heard Broken Feather. She got to the nest as Dad did with the fish.

By JL Raptor report: Bald Eagle! 1 photo, 1 slideshow 07/28/2018
Bald Eagle!!!
 
I had gone to check out Hershey and Godiva’s nest.
Hoping maybe to see one of them near the nest.
But it was an unknown adult bald eagle that caught my eye.
The eagle came streaking out of the next cove over.
There was a very angry momma osprey right on the eagle’s tail feathers.
She threatened the eagle until he left the area.
I managed to catch just a few moments of the action.
It was great to see a bald eagle again – it had been more than a week since my last sighting.