A Friendly Feathered Face – Osprey
I knew I’d be back in the loop with my favorite bird, the Osprey, once we settled in Florida. 😊
Osprey
Our Chesapeake Bay region Osprey arrive in March and then migrate August/September to the South America region for the winter.
Here in Florida, Osprey are year-round residents. Mated pairs are rebonding and building nests here already.
Osprey
I’m guessing you know you’ll be seeing more of this bird in my future posts. 😉
Beautiful photos Donna! The bird is looking right at you. I love the pattern under the wings too. 😎🌴
Thank you, John! They do have amazing patterns! 🙂
Just took some shots of Osprey gathering materials in the salt marshes. Nesting time here.
Feels odd to see them gathering already on ‘my calendar’. Loving it!
Almost like home! 😉 Beautiful captures, Donna.
😊 Thank you, Eliza!
Beautiful flight shots against the blue sky Donna. It is impossible to get such clear blue sky shots here at present due to the thick smoke.
Thank you, Ashley, I pray you see blue skies real soon. 😞
Wonderful shots, Donna! I have the feeling that you are where you wanted to be! I’m sure that we’ll be seeing incredible photographs soon. I’m so glad for you. 🙂
Thank you, HJ! So far Florida suits me!! 😊
Beautiful photos, Donna! They are year-around residents at our lakes and rivers in Texas as well. A few years back, I caught an Osprey fishing at the release gate by one of our lake dams on my camera. It was a beautiful sight.
Thank you, Tanja! Osprey are super entertaining. When we moved to Maryland 14 years ago, there was a community Osprey nest platform a couple hundred feet from our third floor balcony. I quickly became fascinated, bought a camera, and fell in love with Osprey. Additional birds, cameras and lenses followed. It was indeed the Osprey that started it all for me! 😊
Ah, the Osprey were “guilty” of you beginning to photograph. 😄😉 In my case, my parents are the “guilty” ones. But I abandoned it for a little while, until we went on a trip to the Grand Canyon. Before that trip, I purchased my first Nikon, back in 2008. Photography is such a beautiful addiction. 💗
Fantastic photograph!
Thank you, Denise!
And I will be more than happy to see more of your favorite bird!
Thank you, Gunta! 😊
Love the flight shots. Very sharp.
Thank you, Stephen!
I heard the same thing about Osprey living all year in FL and when I visited my Mom I found that to be true! I wish I was able to get this close to one though. None of my images are this good from the one Osprey I saw there.
Are you living a Snowbird life now? I’ve always thought that it was so romantic and cosmopolitan to live that way and life I want that in my Golden years. When I have grown up I want to live that life!
I’m sighting Osprey all over Florida in our travels. Just doesn’t seem possible ‘on my calendar’ lol. But I am utterly enjoying them!
This winter we are Snowbirds, we’ll be here through March. We hope to travel the country for the next few years, knock off bucket list locations, and enjoy not only the destination, but the journeys getting us there. Some friends think we’re crazy, but we find it enchanting on being a ‘road gypsy’! 😊
I think you’re doing it right! Enjoy the travels, and the journey! I’m looking forward to seeing the images you make as you go. xx
The blue, clear sky forms a gorgeous BG!!
Nice Donna! Ospreys are always fun to photograph and one of my favorite photo subjects! Keep the Osprey photos coming!
Thank you, Reed! I’m sleepily hearing an Osprey at dawn now. Gotta go find where that nest/territory might be! 🙂
So majestic!
Thank you, for sure!
Beautiful birds.
Thank you, Tom!
Fantastic to have them on hand daily. We have one that makes an off season visit, and stirs quite a lot of interest among the local birders. However it is not regular, and the next closest Osprey would be several hundred kilometres away. Still great to have its company for a short while.
Osprey are so entertaining, I enjoy watching them. Since their comeback from the ban of pesticides, we are very fortunate to have an abundance of Osprey in the United States who are accustomed to having humans near them. I follow a couple UK Osprey blogs, where life is much different for them, living usually a distance from humans. Still very great to have their company even if briefly!
Thank you, Indira!
Amazing captures in flight, Donna. 🙂
Thank you, Sylvia! 🙂
These encounters should help tide you over until Beau’s and Bella’s return! 🙂
Maybe Bella or Beau could stop by to visit me in Florida on their return to Maryland late February/early March to say “hi Donna”! They’ve got plenty of cousins here to see too! 😉
Wouldn’t that be amazing! Finding a needle in a haystack might be easy in comparison. 🙂
😊