Close Encounter With Osprey on Tree Notter Pond May 14, 2021
Channel: Jeremy Hirzel
Date: 30/05/2021

I actually went with my mom and grandma to Notter's Pond, which is located in St Marys, GA. We were paddle boating, and then about 20 minutes later, I saw an Osprey perched on a tree near the dock area! I started filming while we were in the boat, and then we paddled back to shore. I crawled my way closer to the Osprey. I crawled closer and closer, until finally, I was straight underneath the Osprey! I filmed the tail end of the Osprey before I got underneath him! I'm not sure which Osprey this is, but its got to be Victor judging by how tolerant he was with me being there! He looked down on me a couple of times! It was so cool to see him observing me! He stayed for at least 10 minutes. He relieved himself right before flying off. His white splats landed only 5 feet behind me at the pond's surface. That wouldn't have been a great place to film the Osprey anyways, but it would have been good luck to get pooped on by a bird, especially a bird of prey! Well, anyways....I didn't see any other Ospreys that day, and when I went to St Mary's Lake, there were no Ospreys to be seen. The female of nest #2 is still incubating the eggs, as far as I know.