April 19, 2004 - The ospreys are returning |
C09 and mate back on the nest they used last season to hatch and raise 3 chicks. |
C09 bringing in another stick. Nest building is one of the male's important roles. You can almost see the numbers on the green "hacking" band on his left leg. |
C22, with partially eaten bullhead in left talon, ready to land on the nest high atop the cell tower South of Brighton, MI. |
Female ready to land on cell tower nest. The tower is 180 feet high, and has three antenna platforms; this is the upper one. Her leg bands are visible. |
C22 eating the remainder of a bullhead while perched on one of the tower's antenna or junction box. These stick up higher than the nest, and make ideal perch posts. |
C22 trying out a vertical pipe as a
perch post. These look to be about 1.5 inches in diameter, and not a whole
lot of room for both feet.
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Images on this page provided by Bob DeLosh and Jim Kortge.