Ospreys Saga - I.

 

Yesterday I decided to travel North within Weber County hoping to find any bird I would meet along my way. It didn't take a long time when I noticed a large Osprey nest made mostly of sticks on the tall pole.

At the beginning I saw only a female Osprey on the nest and had to wait when one of her offsprings would show up.  From time to time a few little ones stuck their heads out but the female immediately pushed them back into the nest.

Eventually, one brave baby showed up and stayed for a while by his mama side. 

The female Osprey lays one to four eggs in the spring. I am not sure how many babies were in the nest, I saw only three.

The little one is not flying yet.  It will take sixty day after hatching when he will make his first flight.

  

The male Osprey was around but not very close, he was watching carefully the nest and then he flew to the nest and joined the female, just for a few minutes.

The male does all hunting, he brings food to the female who would feed her babies. If something would happen to the female the male Osprey would not know how to feed his babies and they would not survive. It's very sad!

The female is checking on her babies.

The nest was built in the open space on the tall pole for easy approach and far from the ground to protect offsprings from predators as raccoons.

Usually, the male find the elevated site for the nest before the female will arrive.

The Osprey is the only hawk that eats exclusively only fish. 

A few miles away from the nest there is Pineview Reservoir and it has plenty of small and large fish.  My guess is that the male Osprey flies there for fishing and then brings fish to the female.

Generally, life is good!