Male Osprey Flying and in Nest April 23, 2021
Channel: Jeremy Hirzel
Date: 2021-05-06

You'll see the male Osprey from nest #3, whom I named Tom. He was standing on a tree branch, but flew off as soon as I zoomed in with my Nikon P1000 camera. He's so sensitive towards movement, let me tell ya! He landed on a light pole right next to his nest. I filmed him for the entire time I was there! I tried to feed him a fish, but you should already know the turnout of that! He bobbed his head back and forth many times after I threw the fish. So far, this is the most amount of times I've seen any Osprey head-bob. Then, he just stood there and turned away. It is obvious a dead fish isn't going to attract this Osprey! But I'm not a fisherman, so what am I to do? I do have a plan, its in the works! By the way, I know this Osprey has already eaten recently because he did relieve himself after I walked away while I was still filming. I walked away because I wanted to see if Tom would swoop down on the fish when I'm not around. But that never happened! While I continued to film him, I talked a little bit about Ospreys in Falconry. I made a lot of emphasis on why I always enjoy watching these Osprey as well as other raptors. Being close to them is only half of the reason. The other half is that Falconry would give me a hands-on experience that I just desperately need! I don't know if an Osprey would make a good Falconry bird for me, but at least it would get me way, wayyyyy closer to them! I was videoing these Osprey from a fair distance only because I didn't want to take any chances of either of them flying away from the nest. I already had this problem with another Osprey pair in the past and I did not want that to happen again with this pair. After I walked away, these Ospreys roosted right in that spot!