Quote by: Gerard

I never took account that this pair,well not a pair but two osprey's migrating together,they should scoot
the hurricane,i expect that they would be past the Burin Penisula
by Saturday and should surely be riding strong wind's all day Saturday before the Sunday arrival of
Ophelia,the two that i saw were not
doing any great speed,rather they were just circling,riding the updraft's and then doing a long soar
where they disappeared out of sight,they were flying effortlessly,they had
lot's of time to make it to Placentia yesterday,and might have flew past the Burin today,they'll more
then likely be close to Port Aux Basques on Sunday the
link to a ocean crossing to Nova Scotia,the picture that Jude took,the Burin is the long penisula that
run's south towards St.Pierre,Placentia is the bay
before it and Port aux Basques is the most southwesterly point of the island where you would take a
ferry from Sidney, Nova Scotia to get to the island,hopefully if there
is a adult in this two travelling together,it could teach the juvie how to follow the coast-line,a great lesson
and of course that would have to be a mature male
at this point,so a shared trout or two could never hurt also,i have alway's wondered whether it was instinct
for a male or inherent to follow it's own,if
he felt that the juvie needed support and was not seasoned before taking off,the book "Soaring with Fidel"
where Brian Gessner saw a male
deliver a fish to a juvie in Cuba,i just have a feeling that males are supportive to their own and instinctively
may deliver a fish to any juvie they come across that
may be sceaming for food,whether they do or not it feels nice to believe that they do,a comfort you could
say.

Gerard, as always, great observation. Very interesting!!!

JAZZEL

On my way to work this a.m i saw another osprey fishing on the Waterford River in the west end of St.John's,
all Newfoundland osprey's are on
the move and i expect five or six more day's of sightings as they appear to like the amount of brown trout
our ponds and rivers have to offer
as they migrate off the island,we have a lot of osprey's in Newfoundland so i'll keep my eyes open.I never
said this yesterday but
it is very exciting to see osprey's at this time and the fact that they are migrating such a long distance
just makes it that much
more exciting,an exhilarating journey for sure,the one i saw this a.m also looked very healthy with all
feathers intact.

Ophelia has went from a three to a two,she was going at 125 miles an hour,
now she's 355 miles away at 105 miles an hour,
she will weaken a lot now in the cooler water,we went from 70 degrees 8 a.m
to a cool 50 degree's this morn'in
within two hour's,rather three.It's suppossed to hit 9:30 a.m,i'm at work at
7:40 a.m.No sign of osprey's this day,and
it will be unlikely although i'll watch,but their off to the races,gone!

The penisula you see is called the Avalon Penisula,the one where the storm is expected
to go thru,St.John's the capital of Newfoundland
is on the Avalon Penisula,it is 140 kilometer's North along the coastline straight up the
coast from Cape Race.The M in Monday
on the picture is where Cape Race is.

Hey Gerard, that's pretty neat stuff about the storm heading your way and all. Are you close to where all the action will be????

I'm in St.John's,right in her path,should be interesting to see if the track changes.It is Monday now here
in St.John's and the sun is shining,
we only got 30 ml's of rain and all in all Ophelia was a dud,it hit's the cold atlantic water and she fell
apart,just another day in Newfoundland.

Hello Gerard! Just read your post while writing this one. Had to change the questions I had for you because you just answered them. Thanks!

This morning I am watching the water going over the dam at Ayer's.
The water level is up with all of this rain.

More rain for the growing grass. If you look closely at the nest you can actually see how bright and pretty the grass is growing there.

We'll cut the hay in November Jude.