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"SEEN ONLY FOR MEALS" - Osprey

August 26, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"SEEN ONLY FOR MEALS" Osprey (Immature) - 5 Photos I often think that when young birds of prey such as Ospreys and Eagles gain the power of flight, it is much like teenagers obtaining their driving licenses. Once they have the freedom to leave home at will, you often don't see them until mealtimes. Young Ospreys, particularly during those first...

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"OSPREY WARNING" - Bald Eagle

August 23, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"OSPREY WARNING" Bald Eagle (Adult - Female) - 5 Photos A quiet time out from fishing, before the youngsters arrived to join her and then the eagle went into full alert status, with warning calls & head feathers ruffled. In this instance, however, the warning was issued for a low flying Osprey, which in fact flew directly over the branch where...

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"HELLO & GOODBYE" - Bald Eagle

August 17, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"HELLO & GOODBYE" Bald Eagle (Adult) - 7 Photos Although the young eagles have now successfully fledged, they are still dependent on their parents for food and like most teenagers, have huge appetites. On this particular occasion, Mum came back with a fish, deposited it and flew to a perch in a nearby tree, leaving her offspring to dine (the...

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"YOU CAN'T JUST EAT ONE" - Beaver (North American)

August 14, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"YOU CAN'T JUST EAT ONE" Beaver (North American) - 4 Photos Having expended a great deal of calories & energy doing a lodge roof repair, it was beaver snack time before proceeding back to work. A branch with leaves floating at the base of the lodge, was the logical choice. It was recently harvested but not newly, as the leaves were slightly c...

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"READY, STEADY, GO" - Bald Eagle

August 08, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"READY, STEADY, GO" Bald Eagle (Immature) - 4 Photos This young eagle has successfully fledged and is gaining more confidence each day, with flight skills. Soaring in the clouds and flying up and down the river now seems matter of fact. However, take-offs & landings are still slightly hesitant, which certainly helps in preparing to capture a yo...

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"PARTNERS FOR & IN LIFE" - Bald Eagle

August 05, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"PARTNERS FOR & IN LIFE" Bald Eagle (Adults) - 7 Photos For the few times I have seen this pair together, they appear to interact, for lack of a better term, like an old married couple. They are mates for life but like all couples, they have their moments. Once after the young eagles had just fledged, the female spent over four hours on one o...

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"BEAVER TOLERANCE" - Beaver (North American)

August 02, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"BEAVER TOLERANCE" Beaver (North American) - 7 Photos Beavers can be parents too. As a beaver lodge is a shared space, with most likely at least three to five family members of various ages and potentially other lodgers such as muskrats & mice, tolerance is probably a necessity of living within a confined dwelling during those cold Winter months...

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"A SORA FAMILY" - Sora

July 26, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"A SORA FAMILY" Sora - 7 Photos There was one and then there were two Soras searching through the marshes, obviously looking for food. And as Soras are virtually impossible to tell apart, there were definitely two as they appeared at the same time, at different ends of a marshy patch. I lost track of who was who but at one stage, one adult came...

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"THE JOURNEY'S JUST BEGUN" - Bald Eagle (Immature)

July 24, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"THE JOURNEY'S JUST BEGUN" Bald Eagle (Immature) - 5 Photos Mum or Dad having flow in with a fish, it was a quick down to business of eating and then the first youngster took off, followed shortly by the second eaglet. And for the first time in days, the wind was blowing from the north which meant flight departures were towards me with the su...

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