After a wait of nearly three hours, the male returned to the nest with a flounder for his mate. Upon arrival, the female promptly collected the fish and moved to a nearby piling to eat. This time period is ideal for observing notable behaviors at the nest prior to egg laying, as activity typically decreases when they are sitting on eggs.
Great looking set Louie. I'm amazed that he did not eat the head before coming to the nest with the fish. When did you take this sequence? The first of 3 osprey eggs hatched 5/8/2026 at the Marine Nature Study Area. I'm looking forward to seeing them flying.
Wow Louie !!! Were you up in a tree to get these angles Looks like you were practically eye level with them. Such stunning work and my goodness these are processed perfectly !!
morris wrote:
Great looking set Louie. I'm amazed that he did not eat the head before coming to the nest with the fish. When did you take this sequence? The first of 3 osprey eggs hatched 5/8/2026 at the Marine Nature Study Area. I'm looking forward to seeing them flying.
Morris
Thanks very much Morris. Typically the male does eat the head off the fish prior to bringing it back to the female in the nest, but not always. These shots were taken about a week and a half ago. Hopefully the nest will produce a couple of chicks, but they are just now sitting on eggs.
johnohio wrote:
Great images Louie. I love to shoot osprey. Very well done !!
John
Appreciate it John. I'm with you John, I too really enjoy photographing Osprey. Hopefully in a few weeks we'll have chicks in the nests and that's when the action really picks up.
Thanks Karl, every now and then they will really bring in a big one. Always fun to watch the interaction when a fish is brought back the nest. Many thanks again Karl.
Karl Witt wrote:
These are great pictures of a flying flounder Louie Really nice of that Osprey to help out
Fantastic imagery my friend, really special on #5 hope you print it big! All others very well presented and great action captured. YGMV
Looks like you were practically eye level with them. Such stunning work and my goodness these are processed perfectly !!