A nice Mama/Kid portrait, eh? and MORE, and a **QUESTION below, about next to last pic.

[elleng]

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Discussion?





LATER, and I'M OUTSIDE, 'shooting' right at the nest; no windows.









BOTH of them!



FOLKS, LOOK to the right of the kids whose heads we see; what is the other 'ball of fur?' Osprey-follower friends think it's a wing. I don't see that AT ALL!

[Biophilic]

1. They are growing fast, aren't they. Cool pic.

[elleng]

2. Yes they ARE!

Almost magic, as I rarely get to watch the kids eating, and I never see adults catching fish!

[Biophilic]

3. Ha, ha, it IS magic. They certainly are cool. I would be so tempted to just spend

my whole day watching them. Thanks again for the daily photos.

[elleng]

4. You're welcome!

The 'temptation' is relieved by the fact that MOST of these pics are from a room in my bedroom, so spending the whole day up there kind of cramps my 'style,' such as it is!

[Biophilic]

5. I hear ya.

[Bayard]

6. You have a bird's eye view!

So to speak.

Nice pics. At what age do they leave the nest?

[elleng]

7. Thanks. EVERYONE will be gone from here August/September, believe it? but

'habit' says 7-8 weeks for 'fledging!' Guess I should record when I saw them first, which is some ?weeks? after they hatched; they stay in the donut-hole of the nest for a while, to develop.

Hope we'll get to see them practicing by flying from nest to tree on other, east side of the creek. In the past, they spend a lot of time practicing that way.

[Bird Lady]

9. Once their wings are feathered

They will start flapping their wings building their flight mussels.
I think that is the fun part.

[elleng]

10. UTTERLY amazing!

[SheltieLover]

8. Fabulous shots, Ellen!

Ty for sharing with us!