Jordan Lake Osprey
This male osprey weights about 4 pounds.
The shad weighs approximately 1.5 pounds.
When you stop and think about it:
by mass the bird is carrying close to half its weight … while in flight.
JL Raptor: Osprey 08/01/2018
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CategoryJL 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.
JL Raptors: Ranger Cove Osprey update 2 photos 07-26-2018
Ranger Cove: Osprey Update
Every family should have portraits done and black and white is a great way to show detail.
Osprey Siblings
Broken Feather: my what big feet you have!
Brother Piper: heading to the water to fish; alas I lost sight of him behind the trees.
doc ellen’s Palette 07-26-2018
doc ellen’s Palette
where I amble through nature, seeing it differently
tree branch, elm I think,
growing from a badly disturbed section of shoreline, Jordan Lake
JL Raptor update: Ranger Cove, Osprey nest 07/24/2018
Ranger Cove: Osprey Nest report
Dad osprey had brought in a fish and dropped it in the nest.
The two siblings arrived, screaming defiance at each other.
That is Brother Piper at the front of the nest and Broken Feather behind him.
They have lost sight of the fish and are looking for it.
Broken Feather finds the fish and Brother Piper whirls around to try to get it for himself.
Out right, no-holds-barred, sibling rivalry breaks out – it is Broken Feather, on your left who wins the fish.
JL Raptors: Ranger Cove, Osprey Nest update, 5 photos, 07-20-2018
Ranger Cove: Osprey Nest Update
Thought I would show you up close details of the fish grab by Broken Feather in yesterday’s video.
Dad is bringing in a big fish. That is Piper closest to Dad. And Broken Feather, to Piper’s right.
Broken Feather is alert and ready to make her move.
Oops! Broken Feather is so aggressive she at first grabs Dad’s toe instead of the fish.
I see this happen fairly frequently with bald eagles too.
Broken Feather mantles the fish – hides it with her wings – so that Piper cannot get to the fish.
Dad leaves the chaos!
Defiant! Broken Feather gets to the perch where we watched her learning to eat on a slippery slope.
Birds are all great parents! They have not forgotten Little Piper.
Mom came back a few minutes later with a fish just for Piper.
Can’t you just hear Piper saying: oh my, my very own fish!
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