Osprey Gallery

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The Chesapeake Bay Osprey have returned!  Local feeds are abuzz and I’m feeling the excitement.  In my travels since returning home, I’ve seen quite a few in flight.  I’m anxious to check out some local nests, hopefully soon!

Many Osprey in Florida are year-round residents.

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Florida Osprey with fish meal

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While we were in Everglades City the last couple months, I photographed the local Osprey already in high gear with incubating and having chicks by February.  Here’s a gallery of some favorites of them and their different nests.

The first set of photos are of a pair who created a nest atop a utility transfer station.  😟

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Mr & Mrs Osprey starting a new nesting season together

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Osprey nest is established one month later
Mama is incubating eggs while Dad is eating a fish and on guard duty

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Male Osprey on guard duty

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Male Osprey on guard duty while finishing a fish

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Male Osprey departing nest

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More eating and guarding the nest

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That nest really seemed to be in a dangerous place.  Seems Osprey are daredevils with their nest location selections.

Here are more nests around town…..

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Osprey Family

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Osprey nest along Barron River’s riverwalk

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Same Osprey nest on Barron River a month later

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Osprey Nest on satellite dish, dwarfed by Mexican Fan Palms that grow up to 100 feet

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A Waiting Osprey Home – “First Come, First Serve”

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Male Osprey fluffing and shaking to dry its feathers

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Handsome Osprey – “Almost Dry”

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And now all of this is repeating on the Chesapeake Bay…….minus the palm trees!

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