Filed Under Osprey, Spring 2011
Osprey are also called fish hawks and sea hawks, and they are very successful fisherbirds. This one had a nice catch in a breakfast nook yesterday morning in Primehook National Wildlife refuge.
Filed Under Osprey, Summer 2010
It’s hard to believe but many nesting birds are at the point that the young are leaving their nests. Here is an Osprey on one of the last days nest-bound.
Filed Under Osprey, Winter 2009
Osprey have returned and the nesting season begins. Everyday more signs of spring emerge.
Here are three more photographs of the juvenile Osprey taken two nights ago. There are three young birds on this nest and they will probably fledge this week. It is amazing how well the Osprey population has increased over the past few decades. In the Lewes, DE area they are nesting on almost every conceivable surface.
Osprey young are in the process of fledging now, so if you keep a sharp lookout you might see them perched on the edge of the nest contemplating that first jump. I was able to get close to a nest tonight with some soon-to-be fliers. Here are two from tonight with more to follow in a day or two.
Ospreys are common here in Delaware during the summer months. They have come back from near extinction decades ago due to DTD getting into their bodies and making their eggs too thin. Now they have returned to a healthy population and we enjoy watching them along the coast.
