A couple of ospreys in a nest built on top of a platform in a national wildlife area close to the Tennessee River
“Great things take time to build. Great accomplishments come over time, through hard work, diligence, and effort. Nothing is instantaneous, at least nothing of value. ” ~Matt Loper
walking on a country road 
Aren’t they stunning! Great captures.
Thanks Cindy! It was fun getting to see them sitting together.
Cool photo captures 🙂
I rose a ‘hawk pole’ 10 yrs ago that has sat vacant whilst the rich folks in town decided to poison the grackles & starlings from their yard and drastically changed the ECO system in east Tennessee no more birds-of-prey 😦 Very few fish in the reservoirs 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕞 😢
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Sorry to hear that. Watching these amazing birds is a joy.
Great photos, Rebecca. Paul spent an entire season watching a pair of osprey add to an existing nest, move into it and tend to the eggs until the babies eventually flew the coop. He came up with a beautiful painting to boot. God has His eye on all of us, so we can be sure He’s got our back.
What a neat experience for him! It is amazing the size of the items that birds carry and the number of trips they make when building a nest, and then the devotion they show to the little ones. I’m glad Paul was able to capture them in art. Yes, God is faithful!
He painted some of the things gathered into the nest- a dog collar was one.
Funny! 🙂
You don’t think about them finding things like that.
They’re really large birds! I’ve never been lucky to see an osprey. A pair of ospreys built a nest on top of an electrical provider’s pole at Lake Erie Metropark. The DTE crew had to remove the nest and the eggs were carefully moved to a “fake light pole” nearby. The adults found the new nest and all was well. Another pair built a nest on the firehouse siren – any port in a storm I guess. 🙂
Yes, it seems like they are not always too picky about where they build their nests. 🙂
No they’re not and from pictures I’ve seen, it looks like a strong wind would break that nest into bits and scatter them to the wind!
I find it amazing that this large bird will nest on man made platforms! I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a natural Osprey nest? No other large raptor would do this.
The platforms are provided to give the Osprey an alternative to other man made locations such as electric or telephone poles, bill boards, etc. I can’t say that I know of another raptor that does this either. There is a rather large natural Osprey nest located in the top of one of the cypress trees at Reelfoot Lake. We have enjoyed watching the adults that fly near it, gather food and return to the nest.
your so lucky to see them, I would love to capture one.
Ron
It’s always fun to see them. They are beautiful birds.