Wildlife

[Warp daddy]

Saw an Osprey rebuilding a nest maybe 20 feet in the air - the twig it was carrying must have been two feet long. Birds are pretty amazing. When I was a kid their were few Ospreys, probably due to DDT, etc. Now, almost evertyime I drive to the beach in season I see them clutching bait fish in their talons. Beautiful birds.

Yes they are there are a number of osprey nests all along route 37 which parallels the St Lawrence River. Those nests usually on top of telephone poles are really an example of some really cool bird engineering

 

[DomB]

Yes they are there are a number of osprey nests all along route 37 which parallels the St Lawrence River. Those nests usually on top of telephone poles are really an example of some really cool bird engineering

 

[freeheeln]

Freeheeln are you 100% self-taught or? Great work, and getting better all the time.

Yes self -taught. I was always a nature nerd and started to shot a lot of slide film ,mostly nature and scenic, until life got in the way. Studied Ansel Adams Galen Rowell early, Jimmy Chin does incredible stuff now. When I got back into it I had a local guy I was shooting wildlife recently that helped immensely.
Thank you.

 

[gorgonzola]

They are surprisingly big - I would say bigger than a seagull.

My daughter has an nj beach house and there are a few osprey nests on my regular bike route, amazing birds

 

[tirolski]

Between Auburn and Seneca Falls along 5 & 20 in the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge ya can see the big nests on the power lines.
Sometimes there are eagles & sometimes ospreys in ‘em.

 

[freeheeln]

I assume you take a lot more than you share. I’d love to see more from this batch. I guess I’ve got a thing for turtles.

Yes always alot more. I will work through some.

 

[freeheeln]

Saw an Osprey Beautiful birds.

Great work, and getting better all the time.

DomB yea they are gorgeous.
Harvey sometimes IT happens and I end up with a crappy photo.

 

[Sbob]

DomB yea they are gorgeous.
Harvey sometimes IT happens and I end up with a crappy photo.View attachment 20008

I once visited someone who had three pet hawks..They had steel perch rings about 3’ diameter and had cages that were 15’x15’ roughly,the walls on either side of the rings were covered with poop . Damn .

 

[tirolski]

I once visited someone who had three pet hawks..They had steel perch rings about 3’ diameter and had cages that were 15’x15’ roughly,the walls on either side of the rings were covered with poop . Damn .

Folks ask, “What came 1st. the chicken or the egg?".
Why wasn’t poop ever in the running?

 

[freeheeln]

Black-Capped Chickadee was working on cleaning out a nest cavity in a dead tree.