Bay Photos by Donna

It’s been a week since I saw my first Osprey of the season as a fly-over while running errands locally.  But the real excitement was to check yesterday early morning, and see the male Osprey on my neighbor’s nest platform!  I have been watching this platform several times a day, waiting for someone to show up.

Osprey (male)

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By yesterday afternoon just after 2 pm, I spotted both the male and female on the platform.  Both were back, woohoo!  Astonishingly, nest building has begun immediately with the male bringing a few sticks to the platform.  No wasting time with this fella!  I’ve seen in past years it take a couple days for the pair to recoup and rekindle first.

Fingers crossed and prayers to Above for a successful entire Chesapeake Bay Osprey season after last year’s disastrous nest fails in several regions around the bay, including mine.

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