I’ve been watching, taking pictures and watching some more to get a shot of the osprey chicks. Mostly, what I got was this.
Sitting on the poles eating fish. It’s all good fun but where are the chicks?
Then yesterday a chick got high enough on the nest to get a shot. I have seen them through the nest since last week, but I couldn’t get a clear picture.
Not the sharpest picture, but a start. It looked like she was feeding two, but I never got a look at another.
I was planning a sketch of the view through the nest from last week, since I couldn’t get a shot. This was the rendition I was planning. A quick and dirty sketch of the scene with a few less sticks.
This is also my Thursday drawing for Z’s challenge for art at Zeebra Design.
Gorgeous photographs and I love the sketch too!
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Thank you so much Stevie!
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Fantastic. I especially like the high voltage photo.
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I think he likes to pose next to the “High Voltage” sign, because it’s cool!
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OH Baby Osprey ! that’s so good to see Tim after what feels along time somehow ..
I love your drawing … such a nice moment you’ve chosen to portray .
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Thank you Poppy. Hopefully, I will see a lot more of the chicks now.
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Great to see the osprey family doing so well and love your sketch, hope you keep us updated as the chicks fledge?
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Thanks Mike. I plan to follow them all the way through.
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Love all your work!
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Thank you so much.
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Great shots! When I lived in Florida, I would see an osprey pair that nested in a street sign. They finally did have chicks, but they were hard to see until they finally started flying.
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A street sign. I love that. I’ve taken a lot of pictures of many of the nests around here and they are quite creative where they will put them, but I have never seen one in a street sign.
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Love ‘the look’ – and your sketch. Thank you for cheering my day. 🙂
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Awe, thank you Helen.
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All fantastic photos, Tim, and the sketch is awesome. Good to get an an update on the chicks, thank you
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Thanks Scott, hopefully I will get some good “chick pics” in the future!
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Your pictures are great, but your artwork is exceptional. It has the feeling that art is supposed to convey.
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Thank you, I really appreciate your words. 🙂
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I love the photos…particularly your drawing. 🙂
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Thank you so much Deb!
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That sketch is so sweet! thanks for including all of us who are watching those nestlings as they grow! thanks, also, for pulling up a chair to the drawing table! z
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Thanks Z. Last night it was after 9pm (bedtime) when I sat down draw. I had just fed the dogs and let them out for them out for their post dinner airing out. I got everything ready when Teka barked that she was ready to come back in. When I opened the door I was greeted by the staggering aroma of “Ode de Skunk.” Finally, after bathing two dogs with Mary’s help I finished my sketch in bed. I almost didn’t make the Thursday deadline.
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oh wow! i have a great skunk story as well, but it’s time for me to leave to meet the group! i hope that you’ve purged the dog and home of the aroma of skunk!!!
thanks for your dedication to the drawing!!!
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Fortunately, they were only misted. We were able to de-stink them very effectively.
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Great pictures. I bet patience is required! Love the artwork even more.
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Thank you Susan. I really don’t get to sit and watch them. However, I come and go a lot, so I check them when I do. Mostly, it is lucky timing and being observant.
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Good eye
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🙂
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Really nice photo. I can see you will sketch this one up for sure. It says a lot!
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Thank you.
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Love those wide eyes! What a stunning bird 🙂
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I think so too!
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Great shots Tim!
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Thank you Elena!
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I think this is a very nice fellow and I love this baby..
Great shots! thanks
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Thank you!
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Wonderful pictures and sketch, Tim.
Blessings ~ Wendy
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Thank you so much Wendy.
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Wonderful 🙂
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Thank you Noeleen!
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Reblogged this on lost creek publishing.
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Thanks JK!
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Fascinating!
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Thanks Leslie.
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A great portrait of that bird, Tim. And it must be fascination to have these big birds around.
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Thanks Bente, it is fun to get to watch them each day.
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Beautiful. Thanks for sharing this post!
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Thanks
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I just discovered this post of yours. Wow! That close-up is amazing. I went kayaking on a lake a few days ago and there were Ospreys flying all over the place. I probably saw a dozen. I was snapping photographs like crazy, but never got anything even a tenth as awesome as your photograph. Good job!
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Thanks Shelley!
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I love “The Look”. 🙂 One of our cats has a very similar Look.
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You sure don’t want to mess with them when they give you that look!
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Too right! 😀
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Thought I’d post the link to Cornell’s Bird Nest Cams for you here: http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/16/Red-tailed_Hawks/
Check them out. I’ll bet you could send your pics to them and they’d post them for their readers! Fantastic that you have such a front-seat view! I envy this! Great pic and art, too.
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Very cool site CJ, thanks for sharing. I was looking through it, but couldn’t find were they except photos. I will have to explore it more. 🙂
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Ospreys can definitely give you a piercing glare!! You know you are in their sights!!
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