raptors

Category

By JL Neighborhood: new Osprey nest under construction 1 photo, 1 video 4/6/2018
JL Neighborhood: Slight Detour…
There is a new osprey nest being built in one of the coves at Jordan Lake. I wanted to share with you Dad Osprey’s work on the nest. Both parents help build the nest. This morning I caught dad hard at work. Keep in mind that each stick that is in that nest was brought to the top of the snag by the ospreys – some of the sticks are large and branched. Dad brings in sticks, rearranges them, gets frustrated but stays at work.

By JL Eagle Nest Report: Ranger Nest, 2 photos 3/30/2018
Mom Ranger and her two chicks were waiting for some fish.
 
 
Then mom Ranger saw an osprey flying in with a fish for its mate.
Mom Ranger dashed for the osprey and literally banged into it, hoping to get the osprey to drop its fish.
This is a favorite tactic of bald eagles – let the osprey catch the fish, then steal the fish for the eaglets.
The plucky osprey hung onto its prize and dashed between two trees where mom Ranger couldn’t follow it.
Mom Ranger was quite grumpy.  Not everything goes the eagle’s way.

By JL Eagle Nest: Resolute Wing Exercise and Big Gulp 1 photo, 1 video

First Nest

Resolute stretches his wings.
Then dad Petruchio shows up with a big fish and Resolute tries to grab it from dad’s foot.
Mom Kate quickly gets to the nest and feeds Resoute.
Wait for the BIG gulp at the end – mom tries to help but Resolute is determined to handle the situation himself.

By JL Eagle Nest report: Resolute at First Nest 03/22/2018
First Nest
 
Kate had just finished feeding Resolute.
Resolute will be 8 weeks old on March 24.  He is almost as big as mom.
I managed to grab these few seconds of video.
My camera that I usually use for doing videos is not happy.
I resorted to using my iPhone to catch a few seconds of the live view from my other camera.