Jack C reports: My wife and I were playing a quiet game of Scrabble while overlooking our backyard creek (lagoon) and saw a juvenile Osprey from the platform nest at the end of our block fly by. It landed in some shrubs outside of our picture window and next to our home. It fell down into the shrubs and could not get out. I hurried outside to see what I could do to free it. I took a lawn rake. I was beginning to think the worse: This young bird has broken its wing or damaged something else ... and cannot fly! After about 15 minutes of prodding with the rake to try to make a clear path out and get it to move out of the shrub, it finally came to the front of the shrub and plopped out onto the ground. Then, it looked at me intensely for a few seconds as if to say: "Thank you" ... and then took off flying! What a great ending!!
Jack C reports: Mom and Dad Ospreys are at and on their nest ... but I have not yet seen the movement of a chIck! I'll keep you posted if that changes!
Jack C. reports: I have seen two Osprey chicks in the Branford Lane platform nest and saw one there today. They have both fledged and my best estimate is about a week ago.
observer reports: Osprey was still in high platform nest at the end of my block on Branford Lane and looking down frequently ... 'apparently' paying much attention to chick (s) ... but I could not see a chick in the nest.
observer reports: Momma Osprey still in nest but cannot see any evidence of a chick as yet ... only Momma's head can be seen from my ground view. Will continue to monitor and let you know if/when a chick can be seen in the nest.
Observer reports:
Momma Osprey is still on the nest with either egg (s) or Chick (s) ... I cannot tell at this time. I can only see the head of an adult Osprey pop up periodically. I assume all is going well since she is still on the nest. I think this one will be a late fledging based on others I've heard of this Spring!
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