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Posted By:
Don Maxwell
Date Posted:
Jun 4, 2018
Description:
For the previous seven years the mama osprey nesting on our pier didn't like me much, but learned to tolerate my presence--just cussed me out like crazy. This year's mama seems to be a different bird, and a cranky one. She doesn't like me At. All.
This is a portion of a frame from a video that I made today as she let me know how she felt. (Video link below.)
It was windy, so she could hover right overhead and then dive straight down at me. She pulled up each time at about 6 or 8 feet ADL (Above Don Level), and I was very glad she did.
Date Taken:
2018-06-03
Place Taken:
The Taj Mahouse, in Shangri-La-di-da On the James, Virginia
Owner:
Don Maxwell
File Name:
- Photo HTML
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Don Maxwell - Jun 04,2018
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Nickens, Dan - Jun 04,2018
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This may qualify you for the Combat Photographers Club, Don. Well shot.
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Sauers, Jeff - Jun 04,2018
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Wow! That bird is serious. Don't mess with the family!
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Mark MacKinnon - Jun 04,2018
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And to think you're giving her and her family free room and board.
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Eric Batterman - Jun 04,2018
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Wow, how long before you can get to the end of the dock? Maybe next time don't wear your raccoon hat.
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Mark MacKinnon - Jun 05,2018
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Don, is there any possibility of Fish & Game folks relocating the
nest? I don't know much about that, but seems too bad you've lost
the use of your pier. I know the situation was tolerable before, but
now it's changed.
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Carr, Frank - Jul 03,2018
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In some states, aka MD, the Fish and Game folks are more likely to move Don. Once saw an Osprey nest on a beautiful sailboat
which the owner was prohibited from using.
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Don Maxwell - Jun 05,2018
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It's not as bad as it seems. We can still walk out to the end of the pier, even though she protests and tries to scare us away. I don't think she'd get much closer than she did in the video because surely she knows I'm bigger, and she doesn't eat long pig--or any other land meat. Also, I think the wind had her worried that the three chicks would get blown out of the nest. (Of course, they wouldn't if she just stayed on top of them, but maybe she didn't think of that.)
The male's job is to fly away as soon as I come out the back door, I suppose because he hopes I'll follow him away from the nest. Anyway, he's no threat. If the two of them ganged up on me, though, it would be a different game altogether. I might have to carry my hockey stick out there to defend myself. Is there a penalty for high-sticking a bird?
I've already relocated the nest once and will move it this winter to a pole about 30 feet farther away from the pier. (I started that job last year, but that pole jiggled in strong winds, and I relented when the ospreys groused about it.
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