Look who I caught, across the creek (away from nest, male osprey!)

[elleng]

[ShazzieB]

1. Well, hello there, you handsome fellow!

I wonder if he has a mate sitting on a nest sonewhere.somewhere. I hope so. The more ospreys, the better!

[Donkees]

2. It's similar to last year when younger inexperienced Osprey arrived in June

[elleng]

3. Have heard that others within this county arrived months ago.

'Ours' arrived for years around St. Pat's Day.

[Donkees]

4. That's why I think the original elder Osprey haven't been in breeding mode the last two years.

It seems the late arrivals haven't been as interested in defending the legacy nest and didn't seem as experienced in nest-building. Even if an Osprey pair of breeding age manages to reclaim the legacy nest and start rebuilding now, the time it takes to incubate eggs, raise the young birds to fledgling age and beyond that (until they can hunt for themselves) would be cutting it pretty close to migration time.

[elleng]

5. Right. I think June 1 was a good date to see little osplet head pop up;

will check in memories 'soon.'