One of the remaining osprey keeps watch from a nearby oak tree.
The surviving ospreys have seemed to rally this week after the helicopter incident I blogged about last week, Wild Wednesday … A Death In The Family. For most of the week only one young osprey was in the nest. It occasionally left, but would return later. It sat in the nest calling for food.
The young osprey waits.
After a few days, I saw the second young bird return. Then both called.
The other young osprey awkwardly comes in for a landing.
Waiting patiently for breakfast.
Eventually, I saw the parent osprey. She came in with a fish for the young birds, but didn’t give it to them. She flew to the edge of the tower and started calling the fledglings. When the youngster moved toward her, she lifted off and flew up river. She was training her young fish hawks.
She brings in a fish for teasing her youngsters into following her. Her behavior has inspired my confidence in their future success.
After examining the photos I took of the dead osprey, I’m pretty sure it was the male bird that was struck by the helicopter blade. Now, mother osprey soldiers on. No news yet on the Fish and Wildlife warden’s investigation.
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So happy to see them!!! They are beautiful! Good luck to you all! 🍀😊
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Thank you so much Ann.
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Thanks for the update Tim. It was so shocking what happened so it’s good to hear some good news.
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It is a bit of a relief to see them doing well. They are tough customers.
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I appreciate the update! So glad to see the family is able to still go on after such a tragedy. Please keep us apprised of the investigation.
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I will Ilex. I hope we’ll hear some news soon.
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Good news! I’m glad one of the parents came back.
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It was good to see her back. I’m hopeful the young are mature enough that they’ll be okay.
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Thank you, Tim, for the update!
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Glad survival is expected. Go Ospreys!
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Yes, go Ospreys!
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I’m relieved that the other parent came back to help train the young ones (although I wonder what the young ones ate all week?). Thanks for keeping us posted, Tim!
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They might have been a bit hungry. Then again, I don’t watch the nest all the time, and she could have come back before I saw her.
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I’m just glad she came back at all! 🙂
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Me too!
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I am sorry I missed the original blog. I am relieved to read things are returning to some sort of normalcy at the nest.
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It’s a good thing. I think they will all be okay.
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Tusen Takk Lisa!
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I’m glad the young ospreys’ future is looking brighter.
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So am I Ruth!
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You are a superb reporter!! Wonderful pictures capturing everything. And all in all looks like good news! Great work!
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Thank you Rebecca. I will endeavor to keep you informed. 🙂
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So good to read this update!
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Yes, I hope to keep giving some good news on this story.
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I’m glad 🙂
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So very interesting! I’m so glad the surviving birds are doing so well.
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Me too. I’m seeing less of them now, because as they get old they spend less time at he nest.
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Maybe they will come back to nest on their fledglings
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One can always hope.
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Yes, true. But I have hope they will.
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