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Don Maxwell - Apr 28,2020
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Here's a video you'll probably like better than my last one about anti-social distancing.
This one is about rescuing an osprey who was hanging by a thread of monofilament fishing line and dying of it. (It has a happy ending.)
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Steve Kessinger - Apr 28,2020
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Thank you for doing that, Don.
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Don Maxwell - Apr 28,2020
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This is all about getting close. It was a delight--a slow thrill--to hold a big raptor's arm in my fingers like that and find it so slender and so calm. And patient.
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Tom Binsfeld - Apr 28,2020
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Well doneðŸ‘!!!!!
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Eric Batterman - Apr 28,2020
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You are now the official raptor whisperer. Well done!
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Daniel Myers - Apr 29,2020
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That was amazing!
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Ken Leonard - Apr 29,2020
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Good on ya!
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Dennis Scearce - Apr 29,2020
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Great job, Don and Carol. You rescued the bird and also had the skills to document it. Maybe you can get Nickens to put that in his book.
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Wayne Nagy - Apr 29,2020
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You da man, Don! Fantastic job!!
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Chuck Norton - Apr 30,2020
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You're a good man Don.
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 30,2020
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Brilliant, Don! A beautiful story of courage, patience, and ingenuity. Thank you for sharing it.
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Jim Moline - Apr 30,2020
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WHAT A WONDERFUL VIDEO
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Joe Friend - May 01,2020
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Nice story of a great effort. You make a good surgeon with fine beachside manner.
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Carr, Frank - May 01,2020
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WOW! Wonderful job Don, and great vieo photographer Carol! Not only are you patient and fearless, but your knees are still way
better than mine! A terrific job!
I e-mailed the url to former neighbors on the Chesapeake who run a live web cam of their osprey nest, and have done so for
maybe 10 or more years. I expect they will be fascinated and greatfull as well!
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Mark MacKinnon - May 02,2020
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Don, is this the same Osprey you said awhile back, that didn't like you - at all?
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Don Maxwell - May 02,2020
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Not sure, Mark. You may be thinking of the female in this video two years ago.
This year Carol thought it might be a different couple; but both birds seemed to know exactly where to perch in the neighboring trees as soon as they got here, so I thought it was probably memory rather than luck or exploration. I'm sure they can tell each other apart, but it's not so easy for us. They probably have trouble telling us apart, too, because we moult every day.
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Mark MacKinnon - May 03,2020
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Yep, that was the one I was thinking of.
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John Dunlop - May 12,2020
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Don, that was amazing! You and Carol demonstrated your wonderful communication, perseverance and empathy. The bird
obviously felt it.
So, what happened to the male? Did he bring food to the nest?
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Don Maxwell - May 13,2020
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We lost track of him while all that was going on, John. But since she got back to the nest he's been bringing fish to her regularly, and she has been rearranging and tidying up, so we think they have viable eggs or chicks. (It's possible that she laid some new eggs, but we can't see in there directly. No nestcam this year. But some windless day if they're both off the nest I'll fly a small drone out there for a look-see.
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Steve Kessinger - May 12,2020
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I just keep reflecting on how lucky it happened when you were home. If you had been gone for an overnight trip and came home to that..... Ugh.
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Don Maxwell - May 13,2020
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Something like that happened to one of the chicks a few years ago, and the carcass hung just below the nest box for several months. Fortunately for us, it was on the river side of the box and we couldn't see it from shore. After they all flew south I went out and cut it down and moved the box to the present location. It's messy looking because I had to add diagonal bracing later, but is sturdy now and gives the birds a bit more privacy.
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Bill Brown - May 13,2020
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Amazing Don and Carol. A great story from start to finish. You are real heroes.
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