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I went to the lake around 11:15 am today to spend some time watching the osprey nest. There was only the one bird in the nest still looking like she was sitting on an egg. After 30 minutes, it happened. For a second I thought I saw a great blue heron flying 30 feet above the water from right to left. Then I knew it was the other bird! He swept across in front of the nesting post and then swooped up to the nest. The female stood up in the nest to say hi.

I thought he had some food, but it happened so fast that I couldn’t be sure. They didn’t eat anything right away either. He stayed there for maybe 5 minutes and then took off low to the water, where I lost site of him. I decided I needed to go home, change (I had stopped by after church) and get to the lake shore to see if I could get a picture of him fishing.

Here’s a picture of the lake,

And here’s a closer picture of the nest:

OK, no laughing at my up close photo. I have a digital camera, but the lens is not very powerful. I did try a makeshift digiscope! What do you think?

I put my binoculars right up against my camera!  Is that nutty or what?

I should probably leave the nest alone, although I am quite a bit away from it.  I want to watch them, takes notes by posting and hopefully see the fledglings!

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