In the first bit, the adult is out hunting. Unfortunately, I JUST missed catching it (on film) splashing into the water trying to catch a fish (it missed). You will see why it is best not to stand below   more...the nest of a bird of prey (code word "projectile poo"), and then the parent arrives to feed the young. The parent starts to feed one of the young and then the other decides it is hungry. You can clearly see the first one quickly move to one side and turn its back. That is an indication that the second is the dominant nestling and the first one subordinate. When the second one is done, the first will move in again for its share. The parent won't let it go hungry. It just knows its place.  less

Unfortunately, because there is a "baby" in the nest and a lot of road traffic, including a whole lot of ATVs going up and down the road, the adult was being very cautious and keeping a low   more...profile. I saw the baby briefly several times but not when I had the camera ready to shoot.  less

More precisely, near the former Burritt's Rapids Correctional Facility. There isn't much going on, here. But you can see the adult quite well, perched on a branch just on the side of the nest.

The first weekend in April and two of three nests are occupied and a third is being scoped out. There are two new nests which I hadn't followed last year (in this video) and those are occupied. Both had   more...one mate on the nest and I could hear the other calling at the second nest.

I think both the ones on the nests were females. The male has a fairly prominent brown "ascot" on it's upper chest.

The third nest, the one which I have followed the last couple of years, didn't have a mate on the nest but some people have seen one on a tree near the nest.

There are two other nests. One I showed last year has a very deep bowl and while it didn't appear occupied, even last year when it was, it was difficult to see anything but the head of one of the parents. The last is so close to the road and either the box was only recently erected (I only spotted it at the end of last season) or no mating pairs have been interested in it. There is very little nesting material in the nest.  less

This is a video compilation from last summer at the same nest site. You can see one adult and two young.

I discovered this Osprey nest last summer, located at a lock on the Rideau Canal (I won't say which one). I will be visiting it fairly regularly over the summer to keep you updated on the progress of   more...any young.  less

Osprey toilet break. Clearing the pipes for the next meal, I guess. Slow mo...

Little Dog Projectile Vomits On Camera

Snow at The Nest

Another visit to the nest yielded a surprise. One of the adults was perched nearby, so we get a really good look and hear some vocalizating. A visit to another nest which appeared to be empty a few weeks   more...ago shows it is active. Both adults visibe, with one perched outside the nest. Someone appears to have added perches at both nests. The first, to keep them off the hydro poles, presumeably and the second, neatly tucked under the nest. The second is so far off the road on private property that I had to resort to my handy "binocular/telephoto lens" technique. It is shaky but serves the purpose.  less

...or, rather, one Osprey. I don't know if this is one of the adults or a "baby". I THINK it is one of the adults. There were no signs of any babies but they are either too little to be seen   more...of not born yet.

I was hoping to get more of the Osprey calling but I managed to get one brief call (at about 1:10 before the end of the video).  less

Ospreys in Wareham, MA. Hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: No tripod was used or abused in the making of this video. Take dramamine before viewing. :-)

poo poo

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Funny

Flying over The Nest in the Cessna 120. See Saskia?

happy30th,bi!

Just a wasp nest. Pretty big one too.

Peace
Bigmada

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Proof that we evolved from monkeys...

A hippo at Toronto zoo walks out of water for a poo.

I took out my bike to the lakefront today. Beautiful day. Everybody was BBQing. lots of joggers and bikers. Joggers=weirdos
I love to people watch. People are so interesting and yes, weird.
Well, I biked   more...to Navy Pier. I have another video coming.
Today, I remember my best friend from high school, Chris Walsh, who died last year in Iraq. He was a Navy Corpsman (medic for the Marines). and I remember the time when we maced a squirrel because we were stupid.
This is Yo la Tengo singing 'little eyes' off their 'Summer Sun' album. It's a good album. pretty relaxing. I like all their stuff. and that's my review.  less

A tropical bird building a nest

Poo Of The Tube Lube