She Came Back to Him
Who? What? 🙂
Updating my previous post on our returning Osprey, yesterday, both in the morning & late afternoon, our Mr. Osprey was still perched on his highway sign along Rt 50/301 in Grasonville. As each year, he sits and patiently waits for his girl to return.
This morning, she was alongside him. Home at last!
(sorry on photo quality, I only had my little point & shoot!)
Mr & Mrs Osprey are home!
They will now take a little time to regain their strength from that 4,000 mile trek back here from South America. And then onto renovating their nest in preparation for a family of little ones. They will also rebuild their bond and commitment, as they haven’t seen each other since last September (they migrate to separate locations). This Osprey pair and nest have been along this dual highway corridor for many years. They are always the first to return, and in my last six years of observation, it has never appeared that a new pair has taken over or one was replaced by another not returning. This pair has shown year after year they know exactly what they are doing and what they are dealing with (traffic whizzing by below!).
Spring has sprung! 🙂
I love your blog. Always brings a smile to my face and love in my heart. Thank you Donna.
You are very welcome, Lu, I appreciate your beautiful comment, it warms my heart! 🙂
There is something so sweet about it all. 🙂
I agree! 🙂
That’s a happy welcome! I’m happy for you Donna! 🙂
I did do my little ‘happy dance’, HJ! 🙂
Great news! I look forward to following their nesting progress in the nest’s improbable location when I travel the highway and thru your posts.
It is neat seeing them every summer as we all whiz by, albeit scary at times as they swoop around the traffic. I guess they and the other two pairs along that one-mile stretch are a bit famous for our area! 🙂
That’s great news! I still find it hard to think of them nesting there, but in a way, it makes sense. The road sign is probably safer from predators than most other locations.
You could be right Jerry. Since they’ve been there for years, I wonder if the other two pair that are nest-established within a 1/4 mile of them on other signs (as of last year), as well as usually another 1-2 pair trying to start on yet another sign each year, if they aren’t all part of the same family/colony. If that is possible. They do seem to be well-adapted for such a scary spot!
Hey….nest building and then chicks. Well maybe not just yet but cannot be far off.
Our area Osprey begin laying their eggs around the beginning to mid-April, with hatching to occur 4-5 weeks later. So yes, it’s not that far off!
I wonder if people would do a “happy dance” that we’d have more birds come to watch and learn.
Wouldn’t that be nice!
So happy for them both! Migration successfully completed once more!
A love story for sure! 🙂
Two of our osprey chicks just fledged on Thursday and Friday, the smallest one is still days away from taking flight.