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For the last few days, I've been spending time with some friends and a family of Ospreys.  Three young ones have just learned what their wings were made for, FLYING!  Dana alerted everyone that the Osprey young were getting ready to fledge.  A few of of the Falcon Watchers have visited and I'm sure there will be lots of pictures posted in the future.  Here's a bunch of pics I took over the past few days.  You do not need to sign on to see them.  Enjoy!  Videos to follow soon.   :happy:

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Beautiful pictures, Carol.  Are they nesting on some kind of tel-com tower?  I remember seeing lots of osprey nests build on top of telephone poles on Shelter Island!    It seemed that almost every telephone pole on the island had an osprey's nest.   

Thanks Margaret.  Yep, they built their nest on top of a communication tower.   I think the whole neighborhood came out to talk to Dana, Joyce, Brian and I last night.  I had the scope out and they were all quite amazed by these beautiful creatures.   :happy:

They are so pretty! I can't wait to visit again.  :thumbsup:

Great pics, Carol. Thanks for sharing.

Lucky -- all of you -- to see these creatures!  They are gorgeous.   Thank you for sharing!

Well!  Welcome to the World of Osprey Watching!   ;)  I love these entertaining birds.  They sing so pretty, are awesome to watch fishing, and (for the most part) are no threat to any one except the fish.  I love their Osprey Look and when they wiggle their heads and shoulders in what I call the Osprey Routine.  These guys have made a wonderful recovery - they are almost nesting on every available pole by me, but as long as the Chesapeake keeps supplying fish, the Osprey will abound.   :2thumbsup:

 :confused0083: "Dana alerted everyone that the Osprey young were getting ready to fledge." Hmm...who's everyone cuz I didn't know anything about the osprey until the tweet you sent out Friday night of you and Brian being there. Oh well, I know now!  ;D 

There are several Osprey nests at Iroquois NWR that Sage messaged me about. Since then,  Bill & I have been over several times in recent weeks to watch them in the nest and just after they fledged.  It was a new experience for us and quite fun.  Love the sounds they make too.

This was tweeted on the board under Falcon Watch Tweets on July 29th by Dana:

7:02 PM EDT, July 29, 2011

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auntiewood (grannywood): No falcon rpt- but at least 2 baby ospreys practicing flapping at curtis rd nest.  Could fledge any day!

Link:
http://twitter.com/auntiewood/statuses/97079691218927616 (http://twitter.com/auntiewood/statuses/97079691218927616)

Thanks Carol, don't know how I missed that!  :stupid:

I also got it on my phone since I follow Dana's tweets.  Sorry you missed it.   :( 

Don't be sad Carol. There was a period of time when I wasn't opening tweets on my phone to save on my minutes. My mistake, no harm-no foul!  :paperbag:

Well, I can certainly understand the wanting to save minutes on your phone.  I do the same thing sometimes.  and like you said before, you know now.   :happy:

these birds are unbelievably beautiful---how many are we seeing in these pix--i know at least two :heart:

There are  5 all together, two adults and 3 young. 

I decided to go check on the Osprey tonite, arriving at the nest site around 7:20 pm. staying until it started getting dark around 8:30 pm.  

When I first arrived, there was an adult and 2 fledglings at the nest.  Lots of vocalizations and flying by the young.  I think the adult was the mom.  One very vocal young one knocked her off her perch twice.  "Get me a fish!  Now!"   :lol:

Love watching these beauties.   :heart:

8/16/11 - Here's a video from tonite just as it was getting dark.  The vocal young male decided it was time to knock mom off her perch.  To play with him or to get him dinner.  Only he knows.   :lol:

OK, and my next camera will have movement stabilization.  My old Kodak 7590 is still hanging in there, tape and all.  Sorry for the shaky-ness!

Enjoy!

The Osprey of Hilton, NY - 8/16/11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjGL2o1IHfw#)

A little OT, but I finally broke down a month ago and got a new camera...my first non-Kodak digital.  My Kodak 7590 was still mostly hanging in as well, with a few minor problems.  But the Grand Canyon trip with my sisters convinced me to upgrade.  One sister carries a Canon digital SLR, and that just confirmed my opinion that despite the possibility of some really nice photos, it's much heavier and less flexible in the moment (she never had the right lens on when she wanted it, and didn't want to carry the weight of her big zoom, so the two of us with point-and-shoot cameras had more zoom potential).  An SLR just doesn't seem like something I want to carry on my hiking trips.  Middle sister, however, shot photos with a Panasonic Lumix (a version with 18x magnification).  It was an interesting experiment because in many cases we were all shooting the same scenes in the same light from roughly the same angle, and the majority of the time, once I'd ruled out general artistic differences from the photographer, her photos were better than mine...more colorful, sharper, etc.  So...I'm now the owner of a Panasonic Lumix.  So far I'm really happy with it.  I think the Kodak is more intuitive to use, and I like its user interface better, but I like the photos that I'm getting from the Panasonic.

Carol, that was WICKED cool!! Thanks

Awesome, Carol!!!!  :notworthy: :notworthy:

 :clap:  FUN!   :happy:

 :thumbsup: Me like!  ;D

Thanks for the great information Patti.  Does it also take video's?

Thanks everyone!   :wave:

It does take videos, though I haven't tried it.  You can take HD videos or standard videos, but I can't remember what format...I think the HD videos are more complicated to get off the camera and process, but I just sort of remember that from my first scan of the user manual, and haven't worked with them.  I should probably practice before I'm in a situation where I suddenly want to shoot video and I'm clueless!

Just got a chance to look at your video, Carol.  Great video!   
Will they stay in the area or do they migrate?

Dana has been studying them a bit.  She read that they stick close to the nest for a month or so before migrating.  This is definitely all new to us.  We'll all learn together.   :clap: