May 20 Ospreys at Patuxent

Our osprey saga continues at the Park. Our original cam nest female and the 3 chicks were missing from the nest on Monday, May 12. There had been terrible storms that weekend, but the female never returned. Predation is suspected. Later that week another female visited the nest and after some hostility, Our Boy allowed her to stay. Here's the new girl on the nest. If things settle down, we may be able to transplant a foster chick when they get a little older.

It's a bird! Our Boy is making an approach.
He touched down for a few seconds and took off again.
From a distance, it looked like there was an adult with chick at another nest.
It was a female laying low. Hopefully she is on chicks.