Dinner Seating with a View _Not an Osprey After all!
Ken and I had to take the long route back home this afternoon and took advantage of photographing the changes that had taken place in the high winds overnight. When I thought I had quite a few to choose from, we happened upon this (osprey)* with his fish! In the frame was another (osprey)* and 3 hopeful crows on the rocks against a backdrop of at least 100 Canada geese! I wanted to share it all, but it was quite busy, so by degrees, I finally settled on cropping out the rest.
When we left here, we came across five deer on a lawn! It doesn't rain, but it pours, even on a blue-sky day! (Another book, perhaps! And thank you all for such kind remarks about how my last posting of the book page came together!)
* Nov 5th_Ken looked up and compared juvenile osprey and bald eagles, and no question now, this is a young bald eagle! Had to add an update with thanks to him for researching this!
I think this must have been the icing on the cake of a wonderful day! Just to see all those birds and animals must have been so exciting! I love this crop of the osprey with his dinner- a fabulous bird!
wonderful story, enjoyed every word and imagined the feeling of seeing all that wildlife happening at once. I do like what you settled on doing with the image :)
@koalagardens Thank you for that kind, resounding approval! Not that an osprey wouldn't have been a delightful sight, but to learn it was a young bald eagle seemed even a little more exciting!
@pyrrhula It certainly was, Ferry! They're such huge and powerful birds!
@tunia Interesting that we tend to think of "babies" as *SO CUTE*, but yes, this strapping raptor will be a handsome fellow by spring!
@taffy Oh, this was when it had finally calmed down a bit! 24 hours before...and most of this day, the winds lashed the trees at gale force! There were even waves with white caps on the river! The trees are now pretty well stripped! Autumn seems to be over! and Taffy, Thanks!
Just spotted that this wasnât an osprey after all. Great work Ken! I think this answers our questions about the pair we saw when one had white sploges all over and we thought it was an osprey but it was with an adult bald eagle. Now we know!
@brillomick Thanks for the double validation, Mickey! Pam @pamknowler and I photographed a pair of raptors in a tree earlier in the month at another location, so I think we now have our answer with a greater certainty! Most appreciated!
November 8th, 2018
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@seattlite Love your beautiful photo of the adult!
@pyrrhula It certainly was, Ferry! They're such huge and powerful birds!
@tunia Interesting that we tend to think of "babies" as *SO CUTE*, but yes, this strapping raptor will be a handsome fellow by spring!