Bringing a Small Fish Home

Posted on July 26, 2022

Osprey flying with fish to nest — The osprey parent is bringing a fish for its fledgling to practice carrying. The fish is small complete with its head. My last posting had the fledgling flying above the nest with the fish in its talons.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, California, fauna, fish, fledgling, flying, Lake Sonoma, nest, osprey, parent, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen, training

Learning to fly with a fish

Posted on July 24, 2022

Trying to fly — This fledgling osprey has picked up the fish that its mother has dropped in the nest and trying to fly with it – all part of the learning process.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, bird, bird of prey, California, fauna, fish, fledgling, Lake Sonoma, nest, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

Here’s Looking at You

Posted on July 18, 2022

3 osprey sitting in their nest — Father and two fledglings osprey in their nest.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: bird, California, eyas, fauna, fledgling, Lake Sonoma, looking, nest, osprey, Photography, Raptor, sitting, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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Testing its wings

Posted on July 15, 2022

Osprey fledgling testing its wings — This fledgling osprey is testing its wings. They are getting closer to flying. I took this 7-14-2022.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: bird, California, eyas, fauna, fledgling, Lake Sonoma, nest, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, test, Timothy S. Allen, wing

Landing

Posted on July 6, 2022

Osprey landing — This osprey is landing into the wind. By spreading its wings, it creates drag to slow down. Too much drag would make it suddenly drop. So, it opens its wing feathers to allow enough air to pass through to land correctly.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: aerodynamics, bird, California, feathers, Lake Sonoma, landing, nest, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen, wing

Bringing a Fish

Posted on July 5, 2022

Osprey flying in with a fish — These osprey eyases are growing in size and hunger. One of the eyases seems to be expressing need when seeing its father landing with a fish in its talons.

Category: animal, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: adult, baby, California, eyas, fish, fly, food, grow, Lake Sonoma, landing, nest, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

Growing

Posted on June 26, 2022

This eyas osprey is growing rapidly. The other eyas is under the shade of its parent. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, baby, bird, California, eyas, fauna, Lake Sonoma, nest, osprey, parent, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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Leaving the Nest with Two Watching

Posted on June 22, 2022

Osprey flying from the nest while to babies look on. — Two eyases have their heads down, and all we can see is their eyes peeking out from the nest. I took this at Sonoma Lake, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, birds, brown, California, eyas, fauna, fly, hide, nest, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, Sonoma Lake, stick, Timothy S. Allen, white

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Sibling Rivalry (3 – 3)

Posted on June 17, 2022

sibling aggression. — The osprey eyas, who was the original aggressor seems to be cringing under the aggressive behavior of its sibling. The parent seems to be finally responding. When I first viewed the newly born birds there were three eyases. The aggression of its siblings may have resulted in its death. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, California.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: aggression, animal, bird, California, fauna, Lake Sonoma, nest, osprey, parent, Photography, sibling, sibling rivalry, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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Sibling Rivalry

Posted on June 15, 2022

2 baby osprey arguing — When observing birds, it is not unusual to see conflict take place. It could be territorial or over food. In a nest, young birds such as these two osprey eyases are in conflict for who will dominate and get more food. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, California.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: adult, anger, animal, baby, bird, California, dominance, eyas, fauna, Lake Sonoma, nest, osprey, Photography, rivalry, sibling, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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Aerodynamics of the Osprey, Part 4

Posted on June 5, 2022

Once touch down is successful, the osprey flattens its wings to reduce drag and settles into the nest. I took this at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: aerodynamics, animal, bird, California, fauna, fly, land, nest, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

Aerodynamics of the Osprey, Part 3

Posted on June 4, 2022

Osprey landing — They move their head down and legs forward for more drag. Their wing and tail feathers allow air to pass between feathers preventing stalling or the bird falling from too much drag. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: Uncategorized Tagged: aerodaynamics, animal, bird, California, fauna, flight, Lake Sonoma, landing, nest, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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Intensely Watching

Posted on June 1, 2022

3 black crown heron babies watching — These three black-crowned heron seem to be intently watching the other activities in their W. 9th Street rookery. Santa Rosa, CA

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, tree Tagged: animal, baby, black crowned heron, California, chicks, fauna, nest, Photography, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

A Careful Landing

Posted on May 31, 2022

Osprey landing with claws closed — Normally this osprey would land with its claws spread out. However, with three very young chicks (eyases) in the nest it comes in with its claws closed. I took this picture at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, bird, bird of prey, California, claws, fauna, flight, landing, nest, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

Redecorating

Posted on May 30, 2022

Osprey moving branch — This osprey had just flown into the nest, and it seemed that this branch was in its way. It moved it from one side of the nest to the other. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, bird, branch, building, California, fauna, Lake Sonoma, nest, osprey, Photography, redecorating, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

Two osprey Parents and Their Two Eyass

Posted on May 29, 2022

2 osprey parents and 2 babies — The eyass are under a week old. Yesterday I saw three, but it was too far away to get a decent photo of them. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: baby, bird, California, eyas, fauna, nest, osprey, parent, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

Padding the Nest

Posted on May 28, 2022

This osprey is bringing a pine branch to add to the nest. It is common to see these birds continue to add to the existing nest even after the eyats are born. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: bird, bird of prey, California, fauna, flying, nest, nest material, osprey, Photography, pine branch, Raptor, Sky, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

Catching Itself After Falling

Posted on May 27, 2022

A fledging snowy egret catches itself after a fall. — This fledgling snowy egret was trying to fly from branch to branch when I saw it fall. It successfully grabbed long stringy branches that hang down from the eucalyptus tree where they nest. It slowly made its way up to higher branches. I photographed this bird at the W. 9th St. rookery in Santa Rosa, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, tree Tagged: animal, bird, California, egret, fauna, fledging, fly, nest, Photography, Santa Rosa, snowy egret, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen, W. 9th St. Rookery

Running out of Room

Posted on May 26, 2022

red shouldered baby hawk spreading its wings. — This red-shouldered hawk eyat is spreading its wings. It is still too young to fly. An adult’s wingspan is 40″/101 cm. The nest size is 16″ to 24″/40 cm to 60 cm across. I took this photo in Spring Lake Regional Park, Santa Rosa, California.

Category: animal, bird, Nature, Photography, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, tree Tagged: baby, bird, California, eyat, fauna, nest, Photography, Red Shouldered hawk, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, Spring Lake Regional Park, Timothy S. Allen, wing

An Osprey Brings Half a Fish

Posted on May 25, 2022

An osprey flys into a nest — About 15 minutes later the original bird flew off with the fish. Its partner did not seem to want it. I photographed these birds at Lake Sonoma in Sonoma County, California.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, bird, bird of prey, California, fauna, fish, fly, Lake Sonoma, nest, osprey, Photography, Raptor, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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