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Today's Eagle Update. (Original Post) Atman May 2017 OP
GREAT! elleng May 2017 #1
I'm discovering new angles. Atman May 2017 #2
Good you can do that! elleng May 2017 #3
The leaves are filling in fast. Atman May 2017 #4
I sure wouldn't bring mine ON the water, elleng May 2017 #5
That is awesome. Atman May 2017 #6
That's something else! elleng May 2017 #7
Here's the nest's 'base,' elleng May 2017 #8

Atman

(31,464 posts)
2. I'm discovering new angles.
Tue May 2, 2017, 01:10 PM
May 2017

As long as the neighbors don't mind me standing in their driveway i should be good. It's a small town, so I shouldn't have a problem. I found a few new places to shoot, but the best place seems to be driving down a private driveway. I'll pack the car with fresh-baked cookies and beer and make deals.

elleng

(130,126 posts)
3. Good you can do that!
Tue May 2, 2017, 01:15 PM
May 2017

Mine is pretty much 'mine,' but otherwise newly inaccessible due to foliage. Will try to post a view of the scene later.

Am concerned I won't be able to SEE the babies (they're osprey,) but just hear them.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
4. The leaves are filling in fast.
Tue May 2, 2017, 01:20 PM
May 2017

It's close enough to the water than I might get a good view from the lake -- but I'm seriously afraid to bring my DSLR in the kayak. The GoPro won't do it. Haven't done a kayak trip yet this season, water is still a bit low and very cold, but I think we might be in for a good show in a month or so!

elleng

(130,126 posts)
5. I sure wouldn't bring mine ON the water,
Tue May 2, 2017, 01:29 PM
May 2017

tho a friend does so often!

My house is on a small peninsula between river and creek, and the nest is over the creek. Here's a pic of the pair on a tree at the creek, after they'd just returned from their southern 'home,' before, apparently, eggs laid:

Atman

(31,464 posts)
6. That is awesome.
Tue May 2, 2017, 01:37 PM
May 2017

I've had some great experiences with nesting ospreys on Cape Code. Friend's house was a few hundred yards down the beach from a nature preserve. We walked down the beach kicking up bio-luminescent creatures on the beach when osprey's started swooping at us! Like, they were really upset, shrieking. Looked up and they had a big nest very close to us. They did NOT want us nearby.

elleng

(130,126 posts)
7. That's something else!
Tue May 2, 2017, 01:42 PM
May 2017

I'm glad 'mine' just 'greet' me and eachother; haven't been swooped upon yet! I do whistle at them, so I think we're friends.


Here's the nest. This was last year, and NOT my dslr, which is new. Creek in the background.


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