{"id":35652,"date":"2026-06-29T06:04:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=35652"},"modified":"2026-06-29T06:04:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:04:56","slug":"osprey-partial-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=35652","title":{"rendered":"Osprey &#038; partial fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When the male Osprey has a partner and (unseen) chicks in the nest, he becomes the sole provider of fish. Yet, when he catches a fish, he often will stop and eat the tasty head before delivering the remains to the nest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A male osprey has stopped on his way to the nest and has eaten the tasty head.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35654\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/osprey260627as.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He then takes the rest of the fish to the nest. <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35655 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/osprey260627bs.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After taking the fish to the nest and feeding his family, this male flew off with the leftovers to eat by himself. His partner is leaning over and tending the unseen chicks.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35653\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/osprey260628as.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; When the male Osprey has a partner and (unseen) chicks in the nest, he becomes the sole provider of fish. Yet, when he catches a fish, he often will stop and eat the tasty head before delivering the remains &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=35652\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-fish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35652"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35657,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35652\/revisions\/35657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}