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Ospreys from various nesting locations on the Patuxent River, Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay
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KurtPreston > A little too close to her I think ... at least, that's what she WANTS me to believe!
KurtPreston > A Better Behaved Juvenile Osprey This one was circling around me trying to scare me away from his mother. What a dutiful son!
KurtPreston > Mommy Osprey's like this one should be just about ready to begin migrating to South America for their winter vacation. They normally leave first, followed by the adult males making their vacation plans and leaving a couple of weeks later. The juveniles are the last to go by the first couple of weeks in September. A few of you have been wondering where I'm getting osprey shots and how many are there around here that I can pretty much shoot them as dailies. I live on the Chesapeake, otherwise known as the 'Osprey Garden', at the mouth of the Patuxent River in Maryland. There is probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 - 40 active nests within an hours drive of my house. I frequently shoot the ospreys from 3 nearby nests that I can get to very easily from shore with decent backgrounds. And there's even 4 -5 eagle nests nearby but they are a little harder to get to without a boat. I'm working on getting a little shallow draft runabout :) This osprey web cam ( http://www.life.umd.edu/biology/paynterlab/video/cam-osprey.html ) is in the area I shoot from. It's not one of the nests I watch religously because it's blocked off to the walking public (the boating public have great access to this nest).
KurtPreston > Oh My! I guess this juvenile osprey told ME what he thinks of cameras!
KurtPreston > Juvenile Osprey wondering who I am trying to kid with all this 'sneak up behind him' stuff. He may have been born a month and a half ago but he ain't stupid :)
KurtPreston > Femle Osprey On Watch She led me over here and posed for pics, just so long as I stopped bothering her kids! Crop only, otherwise straight out of the camera.
KurtPreston > Female Osprey Not much of a crop on this one, she was trying to drive me away. Thank the lord osprey haven't figured out how to get a restraining order yet!
KurtPreston > Male Osprey on the attack
KurtPreston > Juvenile Osprey The fledglings are starting to try thier wings for real now!
A little too close to her I think ... at least, that's what she WANTS me to believe!
> A little too close to her I think ... at least, that's what she WANTS me to believe!
A little too close to her I think ... at least, that's what she WANTS me to believe!
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