May 3rd - C5 Comes Home for the 3rd Time |
This is a picture of C5 (taken in 2002)
showing the pronounced notch (from a missing feather) in his right wing.
This feature makes it very easy to spot him when he is overhead.
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The Cormorant Island nest platform late
Saturday afternoon, May 3, 2003. C5 is "announcing" his presence to
C22 and mate, and "discussing" whose nest this really is. C5 and his
mate from last year put most of the sticks on this platform. He may
be very reluctant to give it over to another pair of ospreys, regardless
of the fact they were here 2 weeks before him, and are sitting on eggs.
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C09 spending some time on the eggs while
his mate takes a stretch break. Shortly after this picture was taken, C5
made an apperance. C09 went after him, chasing him the full length of Wildwing
Lake. C5 flew away, going over to the nest on Cormorant Island to investigate
C22 and his mate.
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After chasing C5 away, C09 returned to
the nest to resume sitting on the eggs. During the chase, C09's mate was watching
the whole episode from her perch.
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