Birders

elleng

(137,090 posts) Mon Mar 27, 2023, 12:36 PM Mar 2023

She's HOME!

(Not much clarity, but she flew by 2d floor window 3 times so I KNEW!)

!!! Ospreys meeting on owl box!

Another view of their 'meet up.'

Calling!

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She's HOME! (Original Post) elleng Mar 2023 OP

That is so cool. Biophilic Mar 2023 #1

Hallelujah. That made me happy. I just put up a hummingbird feeder on my deck I know it's early Walleye Mar 2023 #2

Neat! elleng Mar 2023 #3

Nice! The Ospeys in Noth-West Tennessee showed up about a month ago. 70sEraVet Mar 2023 #4

She must have been part of the great migration yesterday traveling with the fish migration ... Donkees Mar 2023 #5

Mebbe, she didn't tell ME, but elleng Mar 2023 #6

I think he knew yesterday that she was approaching the inshore areas ... Donkees Mar 2023 #7

I too hope that, elleng Mar 2023 #9

You really don't have to remove the bamboo roots for now, it's enough to just saw the bamboo short Donkees Mar 2023 #13

The bamboo does not hinder the OSPREYs, just me and my views! (thank goodness.) elleng Mar 2023 #14

Relieved they are both back unc70 Mar 2023 #8

Thanks, unc70. elleng Mar 2023 #10

Yay! ShazzieB Mar 2023 #11

YAAY, ShazzieB!!! elleng Mar 2023 #12

Biophilic

(5,082 posts)

1. That is so cool.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Mar 27, 2023, 12:47 PM

Mar 2023

Walleye

(36,635 posts)

2. Hallelujah. That made me happy. I just put up a hummingbird feeder on my deck I know it's early

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Mar 27, 2023, 01:01 PM

Mar 2023

elleng

(137,090 posts)

3. Neat!

Reply to Walleye (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 27, 2023, 01:06 PM

Mar 2023

I'm lucky if I see 2 hummingbirds a year, and neighbor dramatically cut honeysuckle so not expecting any!

70sEraVet

(4,266 posts)

4. Nice! The Ospeys in Noth-West Tennessee showed up about a month ago.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Mar 27, 2023, 01:11 PM

Mar 2023

Theyre busy making nests along the Cumberland River.

Donkees

(32,487 posts)

5. She must have been part of the great migration yesterday traveling with the fish migration ...

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Mar 27, 2023, 01:41 PM

Mar 2023

there were no Ospreys passing through at the Cape May Observatory today.

elleng

(137,090 posts)

6. Mebbe, she didn't tell ME, but

Reply to Donkees (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 27, 2023, 01:46 PM

Mar 2023

I suspect HE knows NOW!

(I am so curious about their communications! Such a pair!)

Donkees

(32,487 posts)

7. I think he knew yesterday that she was approaching the inshore areas ...

Reply to elleng (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 27, 2023, 02:20 PM

Mar 2023

... the water temperatures in the region near you were warming above 50 degrees, and fish were on the move. Hope it's a much better year for them.

elleng

(137,090 posts)

9. I too hope that,

Reply to Donkees (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 27, 2023, 02:23 PM

Mar 2023

and HOPE neighbor gets a reasonably-priced bamboo remover, as I canNOT see the nest now, either from my 2d floor window OR adjacent parking spots.

I've never seen them CATCHING a fish, but just now saw one flying past my window(s) CARRYING a fish (and another or the same one, just flew past in the opposite direction, NOT carrying anything!

Donkees

(32,487 posts)

13. You really don't have to remove the bamboo roots for now, it's enough to just saw the bamboo short

Reply to elleng (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 27, 2023, 02:59 PM

Mar 2023

to clear your view. I just use a handsaw on bamboo that is about 15+ feet tall.

Isn't the male Osprey expected to make gifts of fresh fish to his mate? Then he might have to search for fresh branches, while she searches for clumps of grasses for the nest. That might explain all the flybys you are seeing.

elleng

(137,090 posts)

14. The bamboo does not hinder the OSPREYs, just me and my views! (thank goodness.)

Reply to Donkees (Reply #13)

Mon Mar 27, 2023, 03:04 PM

Mar 2023

Neighbor/landlord's working on bamboo solution, and as I don't OWN the place, I pretty much go along with his endeavors. He's used handsaw type instruments in the past, but it's way overgrown now.