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elleng

(130,646 posts)
3. Neat!
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 02:06 PM
Mar 2023

I'm lucky if I see 2 hummingbirds a year, and neighbor dramatically cut honeysuckle so not expecting any!

70sEraVet

(3,471 posts)
4. Nice! The Ospeys in Noth-West Tennessee showed up about a month ago.
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 02:11 PM
Mar 2023

Theyre busy making nests along the Cumberland River.

Donkees

(31,296 posts)
5. She must have been part of the great migration yesterday traveling with the fish migration ...
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 02:41 PM
Mar 2023

there were no Ospreys passing through at the Cape May Observatory today.

elleng

(130,646 posts)
6. Mebbe, she didn't tell ME, but
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 02:46 PM
Mar 2023

I suspect HE knows NOW!

(I am so curious about their communications! Such a pair!)

Donkees

(31,296 posts)
7. I think he knew yesterday that she was approaching the inshore areas ...
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 03:20 PM
Mar 2023

... the water temperatures in the region near you were warming above 50 degrees, and fish were on the move. Hope it's a much better year for them.

elleng

(130,646 posts)
9. I too hope that,
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 03:23 PM
Mar 2023

and HOPE neighbor gets a reasonably-priced bamboo remover, as I canNOT see the nest now, either from my 2d floor window OR adjacent parking spots.

I've never seen them CATCHING a fish, but just now saw one flying past my window(s) CARRYING a fish (and another or the same one, just flew past in the opposite direction, NOT carrying anything!

Donkees

(31,296 posts)
13. You really don't have to remove the bamboo roots for now, it's enough to just saw the bamboo short
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 03:59 PM
Mar 2023

to clear your view. I just use a handsaw on bamboo that is about 15+ feet tall.

Isn't the male Osprey expected to make gifts of fresh fish to his mate? Then he might have to search for fresh branches, while she searches for clumps of grasses for the nest. That might explain all the flybys you are seeing.

elleng

(130,646 posts)
14. The bamboo does not hinder the OSPREYs, just me and my views! (thank goodness.)
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 04:04 PM
Mar 2023

Neighbor/landlord's working on bamboo solution, and as I don't OWN the place, I pretty much go along with his endeavors. He's used handsaw type instruments in the past, but it's way overgrown now.

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