Photography
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(60,065 posts)elleng
(130,156 posts)Nestlings possible, I saw some action @ nest a while ago. Vigil imminent!
alfredo
(60,065 posts)elleng
(130,156 posts)and perspective would be difficult. Took this from my yard, with Samsung Galaxy zoom. May get a pic to show location in a while.
A friend with bigger lens, and more experience, will probably visit Saturday, so we'll see what we can see.
alfredo
(60,065 posts)elleng
(130,156 posts)Here's pic of the shed, from middle of the yard:
alfredo
(60,065 posts)elleng
(130,156 posts)Here's mama or papa, after feeding chick(s,) whom I heard calling out for food, and ran out to see this:
alfredo
(60,065 posts)I could be any kind of structure with a hole in it for your camera. Two poles driven into the ground with dark cloth or wood affixed to them could be just enough.
elleng
(130,156 posts)the slope to the dock/pier not suitable to be sufficiently elevated. Helicopter!
FYI:
Ospreys reach sexual maturity and begin breeding around the age of three to four, though in some regions with high Osprey densities, such as Chesapeake Bay in the U.S., they may not start breeding until five to seven years old, and there may be a shortage of suitable tall structures. If there are no nesting sites available, young Ospreys may be forced to delay breeding.
Ospreys usually mate for life. Rarely, polyandry has been recorded.[42] The breeding season varies according to latitude; spring (SeptemberOctober) in southern Australia, April to July in northern Australia and winter (JuneAugust) in southern Queensland.[38] In spring the pair begins a five-month period of partnership to raise their young. The female lays two to four eggs within a month, and relies on the size of the nest to conserve heat. The eggs are whitish with bold splotches of reddish-brown and are about 6.2 cm × 4.5 cm (2.4 in × 1.8 in) and weigh about 65 g (2.3 oz).[38] The eggs are incubated for about 5 weeks to hatching.
The newly hatched chicks weigh only 5060 g (1.82.1 oz), but fledge in 810 weeks. A study on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, had an average time between hatching and fledging of 69 days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osprey
I'm near the Chesapeake Bay.
alfredo
(60,065 posts)I lack the patience, equipment, and talent to do wildlife photography.
elleng
(130,156 posts)The pics I get are largely due to seeing the subjects fortuitously, like this one, through one of my kitchen windows today! S/he is looking for food for the brood.
This one lacks 'ultimate' clarity because its through a screen, but as you say, it takes patience, and when such an example is right in front of my eyes, I MUST take the pic!