When we reported the return of C42 in the last update, it seemed appropriate to let our viewers see him when he was a fledgling. This photo shows C42 and his two brothers in their Wildwing Lake nest with mom (right) about a week before these chicks began fledging. C42 is in the middle with the bright yellow-green paint on his breast, put there for identification. After fledging, C42 was the brave explorer of the three. He was seen as late as mid-October up in the headwaters area of the Huron River.
Jim Kortge photo; used with permission
This is the first of the two photos sent to us by Ron Patterson. He photographed this osprey at Lower Huron Metropark, North of the South entrance, about two weeks ago.
Ron Patterson photo; used with permission
This is the second of Ron Patterson's photos. We can't decide it this osprey is a male or female. It appears to have a brown feather necklace on its breast, which would make it a female, but that could also be a shadow from the wing tip. Hopefully, Ron will be able to find this osprey again and get more photos.
Ron Patterson photo; used with permission
This is new the cell tower nest that was discovered between Brighton and Howell, MI. All three points of the triangle have nest material on them, but the one pointing to the right in this photo has the most.Upon arriving at this location for the first time, both a male and a female osprey were seen. She was sitting in the middle of the nest material on the right point.
Jim Kortge photo; used with permission
This is a photo of the male osprey bringing more nesting material to the cell tower nest shown above. One can clearly see the silver colored USF&W band on his left leg. He also has a black hacking or class band on his right leg. Wildlife biologist and osprey expert Sergej Postupalsky thinks this bird is probably from the Ohio hacking program.
Jim Kortge photo; used with permission
Although a bit hard to see at reduced size, this is the photo used to confirm the return of C37 to his Lake Nepessing nest. One can clearly see the "7" digit as well as the double rivets holding the band ends togehter. Both are consistent with observed data in previous years.
This is the third nesting season for C37 and mate. They produced three chicks in each of the previous two years. We hope they can repeat that performance again.
As was noted in the "Breaking News" section, this unbanded female osprey flew into the Lake Nepessing Rd. nest area along with a male while this site was being visited. She hung around for about fifteen minutes and then drifted southward toward Lake Nepessing.
During a visit last spring, we observed the same thing happening; three ospreys drifted into the area and spend a good deal of time checking out C37, his mate, and their nest. Is there another undiscovered osprey nest in this area? We wonder.....
When we reported the return of C42 in the last update, it seemed appropriate to let our viewers see him when he was a fledgling. This photo shows C42 and his two brothers in their Wildwing Lake nest with mom (right) about a week before these chicks began fledging. C42 is in the middle with the bright yellow-green paint on his breast, put there for identification. After fledging, C42 was the brave explorer of the three. He was seen as late as mid-October up in the headwaters area of the Huron River.
This is the first of the two photos sent to us by Ron Patterson. He photographed this osprey at Lower Huron Metropark, North of the South entrance, about two weeks ago.
This is the second of Ron Patterson's photos. We can't decide it this osprey is a male or female. It appears to have a brown feather necklace on its breast, which would make it a female, but that could also be a shadow from the wing tip. Hopefully, Ron will be able to find this osprey again and get more photos.
This is new the cell tower nest that was discovered between Brighton and Howell, MI. All three points of the triangle have nest material on them, but the one pointing to the right in this photo has the most.Upon arriving at this location for the first time, both a male and a female osprey were seen. She was sitting in the middle of the nest material on the right point.
This is a photo of the male osprey bringing more nesting material to the cell tower nest shown above. One can clearly see the silver colored USF&W band on his left leg. He also has a black hacking or class band on his right leg. Wildlife biologist and osprey expert Sergej Postupalsky thinks this bird is probably from the Ohio hacking program.
Although a bit hard to see at reduced size, this is the photo used to confirm the return of C37 to his Lake Nepessing nest. One can clearly see the "7" digit as well as the double rivets holding the band ends togehter. Both are consistent with observed data in previous years.
As was noted in the "Breaking News" section, this unbanded female osprey flew into the Lake Nepessing Rd. nest area along with a male while this site was being visited. She hung around for about fifteen minutes and then drifted southward toward Lake Nepessing.