An Osprey Family Album (continued)
Part 3 (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 4 |Part 5 | Part 6 | Changing Chick Profile)
Photos from August 1st
The growing chick
observes the Mother carefully as he waits patiently for her to "prepare the
food." 
He bends low
to receive the filleted fish. It looks like the Mother is used to feeding a
much smaller bird.
Meanwhile the
male enjoys his meal on a "private" pole not far off.
Photos from August 5th
Leaving the "chicks" alone in the
nest, more and more, the Mother
keeps watch from a couple of poles down the way.From the side, front and back, the young Ospreys are looking more like adults. The red color of the eyes and the flecks of white on the upperparts betray their youth..
Because of the
limited space on the nest platform, the three youths take turns doing their
"exercises:"There's the wing spread and flap...
and there's the
jump and flap exercises.They try the eight-inch vertical jump, going up and down and they try the two foot horizontal jump going from one edge of the nest to the other and of course there’s always a lot of flapping involved.
They look almost good to go!
Photos and text by Milt Moody
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