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Thank GOODNESS! Thought I wouldn't see them today; heard calling, but didn't see together. (Original Post) elleng May 2022 OP
Wow! SergeStorms May 2022 #1
Thanks, SergeStorms, elleng May 2022 #3
The Ospreys will rebuild.... SergeStorms May 2022 #8
GREAT! SO hoping they decide to clean this up. elleng May 2022 #9
Nothing a little wind and rain won't fix.... SergeStorms May 2022 #10
Hey girlfriend! Quakerfriend May 2022 #2
NO, DARN, nest is a MESS, I'm hoping storms will clean it a bit, elleng May 2022 #4
Were they scoping out nest? SheltieLover May 2022 #5
Now that the geese are gone MontanaMama May 2022 #6
HOPING!!! elleng May 2022 #7

elleng

(135,794 posts)
3. Thanks, SergeStorms,
Fri May 13, 2022, 07:39 PM
May 2022

Last edited Fri May 13, 2022, 08:54 PM - Edit history (1)

yes HUGE sparrows, whose nest has been occupied by geese, so ospreys been trying to manage. NOW, geese are out, but nest is a MESS, so hoping storms will clean the place out.

Nikon HELPS!

SergeStorms

(19,312 posts)
8. The Ospreys will rebuild....
Sat May 14, 2022, 12:01 PM
May 2022

and they'll get everything to their liking. You can bet on that.

I can't believe the size of some of their nests. They've come back in a big way around here, and the telephone/electric companies took to building nice platforms for them so they wouldn't make the poles too top-heavy. They love them. Once again, the animals train the humans.

elleng

(135,794 posts)
9. GREAT! SO hoping they decide to clean this up.
Sat May 14, 2022, 12:16 PM
May 2022

Here's today's pic of messy nest. They seem to have found this boathouse (adjacent to my house, on creek) YEARS ago, so it is truly huge.

It's raining now; wasn't earlier. Sun forecast for Tuesday.





SergeStorms

(19,312 posts)
10. Nothing a little wind and rain won't fix....
Sat May 14, 2022, 12:57 PM
May 2022

along with a couple of day's work by the Osprey. The females are very meticulous about how the want their nests, and the male will move sticks a half dozen times if she's not happy with it.

They're fun to watch. Cars stop along the road here just watching the Osprey build/rebuild their nests. I imagine many people have never seen something like that before.

I'm a firm believer that if you study and understand animals, you'll understand people perfectly. There's a type of animal for every type of person, and they each have their own personality.

Good luck to your nesting pair. Share more pictures during the course of the summer, please?

elleng

(135,794 posts)
4. NO, DARN, nest is a MESS, I'm hoping storms will clean it a bit,
Fri May 13, 2022, 07:42 PM
May 2022

forecast keeps changing, no rain til tomorrow a.m., and then Sunday evening ('perfect' to miss eclipse!)

MontanaMama

(23,988 posts)
6. Now that the geese are gone
Fri May 13, 2022, 10:38 PM
May 2022

I would bet the Osprey will get the nest cleaned and up and running in no time. Geese! Bad renters.

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