Territorial Dispute Between 2 Ospreys May 12, 2021
Channel: Jeremy Hirzel
Date: 29/05/2021

I did a run-through of all 3 nests at Saint Mary's Lake on May 12th. First I showed nest #1 where you'll see Victor. Sadly, I haven't seen Mary for a couple weeks prior to filming this video. I ever so wonder what happened to her? Maybe she got run over by a car or crashed into a building. I know there's been a lot of construction projects occurring with housing and roads here in Saint Mary's, GA. This in turn could be causing potential environmental effects with the birds. Its something worth thinking about for sure! In case you didn't know or forgot, I did post a video of a dead Osprey on the side of the road at Saint Mary's Rd. I believe that was the female from Osprey Cove. Luckily I never filmed that nest, so it least it didn't sadden me too much! But it is possible that Mary suffered the same fate? I hope not, but so far I still haven't seen her! Stay tuned, I'll keep an eye out on the nest to see if she shows up. At nest #2, I didn't see any Osprey in the nest. At nest #3, both Tom and the female were in the nest. Then you'll see the male and female at nest #3. The male was looking down at something. I can never seem to figure out exactly what he's looking down at, unless its a fallen stick that he wanted to pick up. The female ended up flying off as I was circling around the nest. The male followed her onto the usual light pole they always perch on when they aren't at the nest! Then there was a territory conflict between Victor of nest #1, and he ended up chasing off Tom of nest #3! Tom came back to the nest. Then he opened up his wings to let the intruder know that he's not welcome here! It was a pretty intense situation! He then ended up leaving the area for a while while the female was still on the light pole. I proceeded to film Victor from nest #1. I then turned my camera towards the female of nest #3.  I walked over to the light stand where Victor from nest #1 was perched on. The female from nest #3 flew onto the pole at her nest while I was filming Victor! I threw my fish for him, but all he did was the usual head-bobbing, in which every Osprey has done anytime I threw the fish! The only thing that Victor did differently is that he was opening and closing his beak as if he thought that fish looked tasty! Well, its a tasty 10-month old fish at least that's been taken in and out of the freezer many times! Let's just call it that! Anyways, I stayed with Victor for a while. I was thinking whether I should try to get underneath him to film him, but I settled on filming the female Osprey at nest #3 instead. I managed to get closer to her than I did with Victor. She made some peeping calls, most likely calling for her mate. She then relieved herself as I had approached closer. Then she flew to a tree next to the bridge where the lake is at. She then flew off yet again when I tried approaching her! Then she flew out of the park. Victor stayed to roost for the entire night! So that's good news!