{"id":18267,"date":"2016-08-16T08:17:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T15:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=18267"},"modified":"2016-08-24T08:19:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T15:19:24","slug":"osprey-diversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=18267","title":{"rendered":"Osprey diversion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Osprey chicks are still in the nest but are now as large as adults and easy to see.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I had expected to go on a nest-monitoring tour to estimate this year’s chick production. Alas, the tour was rescheduled, so, I headed out on my own — not to count chicks, merely to enjoy the birds.<\/p>\n

Here are two shots from that jaunt.<\/p>\n

A female Osprey comes in for a landing. She is banded. I have seen her a number of times before.
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A Osprey family sits on what is a new nest this season. There are three chicks (the ones with speckled wings and orange eyes) and one female adult (second from the left with yellow eyes). Soon all will have migrated with\u00a0the adults leaving first.
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Of course, today is also the day of my Ogopogo talk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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