Birders

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,392 posts) Mon Sep 9, 2024, 01:45 AM Sep 2024

Our neighborhood osprey.

This magnificent creature was perched across the street from our home today. He was taking a break from hunting in the nearby creek.

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Our neighborhood osprey. (Original Post) Grumpy Old Guy Sep 2024 OP

WOWOWOWOWOW!!! elleng Sep 2024 #1

Thank you Ellen! Grumpy Old Guy Sep 2024 #2

Wow - look at that beak. calimary Sep 2024 #3

It certainly is all business. Grumpy Old Guy Sep 2024 #6

What a magnificent creature, and you did him justice, my dear Grumpy! Magnificent! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2024 #4

Thank you dear Peggy! Grumpy Old Guy Sep 2024 #5

Did you take the photo Beringia Sep 2024 #7

Yes I did. Grumpy Old Guy Sep 2024 #8

Beautiful, so close up Beringia Sep 2024 #9

Thank you! Grumpy Old Guy Sep 2024 #10

What a beauty! Sealark91 Sep 2024 #11

Thank you very much! Grumpy Old Guy Sep 2024 #12

elleng

(141,926 posts)

1. WOWOWOWOWOW!!!

Reply to Grumpy Old Guy (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2024, 02:56 AM

Sep 2024

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,392 posts)

2. Thank you Ellen!

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 9, 2024, 03:44 AM

Sep 2024

calimary

(90,775 posts)

3. Wow - look at that beak.

Reply to Grumpy Old Guy (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2024, 03:48 AM

Sep 2024

That beak is all-business.

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,392 posts)

6. It certainly is all business.

Reply to calimary (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 9, 2024, 04:21 AM

Sep 2024

It makes short work of a unlucky fish.

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,968 posts)

4. What a magnificent creature, and you did him justice, my dear Grumpy! Magnificent!

Reply to Grumpy Old Guy (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2024, 03:53 AM

Sep 2024

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,392 posts)

5. Thank you dear Peggy!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 9, 2024, 04:20 AM

Sep 2024

Beringia

(5,625 posts)

7. Did you take the photo

Reply to Grumpy Old Guy (Original post)

Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:54 PM

Sep 2024

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,392 posts)

8. Yes I did.

Reply to Beringia (Reply #7)

Tue Sep 10, 2024, 02:54 PM

Sep 2024

Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 100-500mm lens.

Beringia

(5,625 posts)

9. Beautiful, so close up

Reply to Grumpy Old Guy (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 10, 2024, 08:34 PM

Sep 2024

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,392 posts)

10. Thank you!

Reply to Beringia (Reply #9)

Thu Sep 12, 2024, 06:43 PM

Sep 2024

Sealark91

(21 posts)

11. What a beauty!

Reply to Grumpy Old Guy (Original post)

Sun Sep 15, 2024, 09:09 PM

Sep 2024

That’s a beautiful osprey! I am so happy for you that you get to see it in your neighborhood 😊
Thank you for sharing the picture.

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,392 posts)

12. Thank you very much!

Reply to Sealark91 (Reply #11)

Sun Sep 15, 2024, 09:58 PM

Sep 2024

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