Nest 3-17

Chick w/egg and shells. Belle gone pretty long, hopefully for food....

Belle squawking, chick, egg, & shells under her. She lunged twice at eagle w/ spots or dirt on head. Not Lib?

Belle & chick.....

Wednesday Egg Pip

Crack or feather? I vote crack----

Rainbow Roses

Ospreys 3-8-11

Good Morning to our regular pair! They are the first to arrive and claim their old camera platform. The male arrived 3-1 and the female was seen at the nest on 3-3. Within a 15 minute span, each osprey circled off the nest and caught a fish!...

Construction 101;

Cruising for materials---then SNAP.... ...and going home with the prize!...
A little HP after a hard day's work....
Waiting for dinner....

Feathered Friends

At the Park 2-22-11

A female No. Harrier flew over the marsh grass in Jug Bay....

These tundra swans stayed all day & were later joined by two more....
Afternoon naptime....

Today, a sharp-shinned hawk was seen thru the window at home. We haven't seen one for awhile. He is the smaller "cousin" of the Cooper's hawk....

"Here's looking at you, kid!".....

New Kids on the Block 3-1-11

Hooray, hooray! The first osprey seen landed for awhile in large old tree behind the Visitor's Center at Patuxent River Park......

And later, Chippy came out....

...and started gathering sunflower seeds....
On Wednesday, 3-2, we finally saw the crocuses at Chelsea (farmhouse) Office....

Changing of the Guard 3-1-11

Never saw Mom's head in the AM or PM, but around lunchtime, Dad flew in to the nest....

"There she goes".....

After a wiggle, Dad sat on the egg(s)....

The AA County nest across the River--- sun was better this day to show the head and beak w/out glare. It's a little blurry, but you can enlarge...