Splish Splash

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Comments

Heather Mellon

4 years ago

An interesting and lovely capture of 'a day in the life' of the Osprey, Debra. Looks like they have the perfect nesting site here too.

Debra Plett

4 years ago

Thanks Heather. It’s a great place for them to cool of but I don’t believe they are catching fish from the water directly below the nest.

Harold Fleming

4 years ago

She may have brought a nibble home for the one chick, Debra. I'm not familiar with the feeding process when they are that young.

Debra Plett

4 years ago

The male will deliver the fish to the nest and the female will feed the chicks. She will then fly over to a hydro pole to eat the rest of the fish. In this picture she had flown to the water to clean up after eating. Thanks for comments Harold.

Yves Langlois

4 years ago

Thanks for the follow up on the osprey family. That gravel island with lots of boulder is a great compo. showing the osprey in shallow water eating a fish. Well capture.

Debra Plett

4 years ago

Thanks Yves for your comment Yves. That distance is a little too far away for the 70-400 even after the image was cropped. Not allowed to go down into the gravel pit...RCMP are issuing tickets for trespassing.

Jeff

4 years ago

good find on this one good detailing

Debra Plett

4 years ago

Thanks Jeff, always appreciated.

Description
Female Osprey had been eating a fish away from the nest while the male Osprey watched over the eggs/chicks. She had decided to go and clean up and cool off in the gravel pit below the nest. Based off of when they were mating there should be at least one chick in the nest and hopefully one or two more to hatch.
Taken By
Debra Plett
Taken On
June 6, 2021
Tagged
osprey birds of prey bird animal
  • Focal: 400
  • Lens Model: Sony 70-400mm F4-5.6 G SSM II (SAL70400G2)
  • Shutter speed: 0.0005 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 9

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