12:36 pm

Huge sign of relief.......a mating is a good sign. Out and about now.....
smiles and joy to all of you,
carolyn

Thank you Darlene.. Have a good day Carolyn..

12:44pm
Nest is empty


12:45pm
Osprey is back on the nest ..looking around



POOF! GOne...

12:47pm

The same Osprey is going and coming


I will BBL.. Please post if you are watching.....

Mating or defending?

Thank you, everyone, for your wonderful scaps and vids

After pouring over many, many, many pics from the last few seasons, I'm fairly confident in declaring we have a new male and female this morning. Though the male does resemble Oscar'08-10, his head features are not as full, and further he is not Oscar'11 and from earlier this season. We are also looking at a new female.

Herringman1: Thanks for your reports. But, with all due respect, I doubt very much the osprey you see near the tug base are not from this nest. The nest is a distance from the harbour and with the many lakes surrounding it, there would be no reason for them to fly that distance to hunt. There are a couple of nests on the Dartmouth port side, plus McNabs and Lawlor islands have a very large concentration of osprey nests ... perhaps what you're seeing are osprey from those areas

ID collages to follow . . .

Cheers! :cheerguy:

12:56pm

I missed this..tuned in to see what looks likes a fish in the left talons of the Osprey in front ...has wings spread as if leaving with it.



12:57pm

Osprey is gone..one in back is watching

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