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Birders

AverageOldGuy

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4. Our ospreys do not return . . .

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sun Jan 15, 2023, 08:40 AM

Jan 2023

. . . until March, same time the eagles return.

Great photo!!! I have a lot of osprey and bald eagle pics but none as striking as yours!!

I'm in a rural VA county where the Potomac River joins the Chesapeake Bay; osprey and bald eagles are common in the summer. A small number of eagles are year-round, but most of them and the osprey leave in September-October and return in March.

Within 1/4 mile of my home are 2 osprey nests and 1 eagle nest to which the birds return each year.

Tundra Swans show up here in early December and stay until early March. There's a group of 12 in the creek next to my house right now, mixed in with a couple of hundred Canada Geese.

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Osprey Ta-da! [View all] Donkees Jan 2023 OP

Wow! Amazing shot. Lonestarblue Jan 2023 #1

I am a little stiff this morning. I needa ta stretch a bit. The Jungle 1 Jan 2023 #2

That's a hunter. Can see why there's a attack helicopter named the Osprey. erronis Jan 2023 #3

Our ospreys do not return . . . AverageOldGuy Jan 2023 #4

elleng in this group is also awaiting the return of the ospreys who nest near her home Donkees Jan 2023 #5

We have an osprey nest, too RainCaster Jan 2023 #6