Our weather has been reaching the 70’s during the last week. The grass is growing and buds are beginning to swell. Around the Mill Site there is another sign of Spring. Pairing off and searching for nest sites, the birds are all around.
A killdeer scouting for a gravelly nesting site.
Goldeneye couple on the river.
The cororants relaxing.
A pair of mallard soon to be nesting.
A beautiful pair of Canada geese.
Teka stares forlornly at a beautiful pair of Canada geese.
The empty osprey nest waits for it’s builders to return. They should be here in the next couple of weeks. Truly a sign of Spring’s impending return.
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Beautiful pictures!
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Thank you Bernice.
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Lovely photos. I was amused by the osprey nest – the last one I saw was in Loch Garten, Scotland and that was in pine trees.
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We have a lot of osprey here and they will use any available high point. One year the crew left a crane parked with the tower up and the osprey immediately built on it. So it sat until the osprey were done.
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Lovely! I`ve seen some very curious nesting sites chosen by storks in Spain (even the tops of street lights – built in central heating!)
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It is truly amazing how wildlife can exploit their environment.
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Yes it IS lovely to see Spring returning like this 🙂
Makes me smile thinking of Spring temps in the 70’s … That’s Summer in UK if we are lucky !
Look forward to updates on nests – I’ve a thing about nest spotting 😉
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I’ll keep you updated on the osprey nest. We are on nest watch now. Just waiting…..
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Teka is the impressive one, fllowed by the geese, the mallards, goldeneyes, osprey nest and then the cormorants. I like all these photos very much. You have so many places and scenes to photograph. You and Mary are so blessed to live in an area that is teeming with wildlife.
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Teka was funny. She wanted nothing more than for me to tell her to fetch those geese. She didn’t know she could never catch them on the water.
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That is cute. So Teka is not your dog? I thought that you and Mary have 2 goldens.
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We have Nellie and Blitz, mother and daughter. Teka is with us for training and will be here for a few more months, before she goes home.
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Great photos! Can’t wait for spring to make it my way. 🙂
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Daffodils bloomed this weekend. 🙂
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Nice!!!
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all beautiful! there’s a lone osprey, or i think just a lone osprey, that returns to this last bend of the river each year. i don’t realize that he’s gone until i hear his call to announce that he’s returned. ah, music to my ears!
the header image is stunning, and i loved all of the photos! thanks!
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Thanks Z, I check every day for the ospreys. I think they will be here soon. I saw one up the river a couple days ago. The header picture is over the pond at our home. I love our sunsets.
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Awesome pics as usual! Gotta love Teka though!:)
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Thanks Old Fellow. Did you get our B-day song? Teka and Blitz got to pheasant hunting today.
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Amazing shots! 😉
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Well, thank you very much!
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😉 I wanted to pick a fav….but I couldn’t!!!
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What a sweet thing to say. Thank you!
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😉
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Really great pictures! Spring is in the air … yay!
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Yay indeed! The daffodil began blooming here this weekend.
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