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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Paul O'Toole on April 06, 2020, 07:39:15 PM

Title: Osprey
Post by: Paul O'Toole on April 06, 2020, 07:39:15 PM

Patiently waiting for the wife to return from her wintering grounds. Taken today west of Bath Ontario.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49743895672_60313969cf_b.jpg)

Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: Ally on April 06, 2020, 08:44:00 PM

Quote from: "Paul O'Toole"

Patiently waiting for the wife to return from her wintering grounds. Taken today west of Bath Ontario.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49743895672_60313969cf_b.jpg)

Handsome fellow indeed! Too bad he is spoken for.

Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: Shortsighted on April 06, 2020, 09:04:06 PM

Your admirable Osprey shot shows a bird as frustrated-looking and disheveled as me.
Nice find though.

Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: orchidpoet on April 10, 2020, 01:42:58 PM

Beautiful shot! Is the male resident?

Title: Re: Osprey
Post by: Paul O'Toole on April 10, 2020, 03:34:25 PM

Just a guess on my part, they are a little hard to sex unless both the male and female are close when sitting. If flying then it is a little easier to do. Studies do indicate that males generally arrive at nest sites a few days before the females.