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Poor wet bird, (Original Post)
elleng
Apr 2014
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cpwm17
(3,829 posts)1. It helps to have feathers – and no glasses
Rain is less of a bother. Though I imagine the rain makes it more difficult to see the fish.
elleng
(141,926 posts)2. Right, and right.
Haven't spent time outside today to determine to what extent they've been able to catch any fish.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)3. You do know that Ospreys dive into fresh and salt water to catch fish.
elleng
(141,926 posts)4. Yes I do, L0oniX,
but they don't usually sit all day in the chilly rain with poor visibility. I have caught a pic of an osprey with a fish.
This is at my cottage, overlooking creek which joins with river. Nest is adjacent to this tree, on my landlord's boathouse, and I'm anxious to hear and see nestlings!

