Osprey

[turkeyfeathers]

Don't normally see them around here but just spied one 1/2 mile from house. Went to go get gas and saw one soaring pretty close to creek. Where they just stocked trout lol. See a bunch up north in Messina along the St Lawrence river when we visit a friend They have nesting platforms up there and we see them quite often. Around here we see them every 5-6 years or so by dumb luck. Impressive raptor

Wooly or Alloutdoors, any good pics you could post ?

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[TACC]

They are some pretty big birds

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[wooly]

I've only seen one here my entire life about 2 or 3 years ago. He hung around my neighbors pond for a few days in a row before he disappeared. I only managed to get a few grainy shots of him just before dark, but nothing good enough for me to save for the albums. A few days after he vanished from the pond I saw him a few miles down the road on a telephone pole again just before dark down near the park.

We've had quite a few new species of critters appearing around here the past couple of years.

[Doewhacker]

I snapped a few pics with my flip phone, not bad for a ten year old Motorola! 

 

Ok ok. These are my Dads. He does this kind of stuff for fun, every single day. 

[Doewhacker]

He has plenty more too but he puts his name in them and I can't crop them out. I'm not sure if he has warrants so I won't post them. 

Edited April 11, 2017 by Doewhacker

[kpkot]

So Im not very good with bird identification and this post confirms what  I saw  a few years ago. I was working out near the finger lakes and was driving some back roads and on top of a phone pole I saw a huge nest just like above post.  I saw the head of the osprey and took some photos ill have to try and look for. They are on my old laptop.

[genesee_mohican]

I see them on Conesus lake occasionally. They sure are beautiful birds.

[Pygmy]

They are common here in the Chemung/Canisteo  watershed...I see them often while fishing the rivers..

 

[Pygmy]

3 hours ago, Doewhacker said:

I snapped a few pics with my flip phone, not bad for a ten year old Motorola! 

 

Ok ok. These are my Dads. He does this kind of stuff for fun, every single day. 

Was the eagle trying to take a nestling from the osprey nest ?  That is what it appears like..I saw a video last year of   that happening...the eagle came soaring in and took a  fledgling  size osprey off it's nest.

[Doewhacker]

It was a battle for the nest, the Osprey prevailed. He had one today or yesterday where it had a trout in its grasp. 

 

 

Scratch that, I'll have to ask him but I think that is two different nests. 

Edited April 12, 2017 by Doewhacker
Correction

[Doewhacker]

[Doewhacker]

Older pics from pops

 

[NonTypical]

They are very plentiful down here on the island. Last year on my creek, I counted more than 20 pairs nesting. I have also caught a few trout over the years with claw marks in them. 

[NonTypical]

 

[bugsNbows]

We have lots of Ospreys around here... must be because all of the lakes! LOL 

[sodfather]

Those are some incredible pictures