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 (2 of 3)

Posted on June 16, 2022

osprey sibling aggression — The osprey eyas on the right responds aggressively to his sibling’s aggression. The parent seems unconcerned. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, California.

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

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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An Osprey Flying with a Fish

Posted on June 9, 2022

Osprey flying with a fish. — This is the same picture of the osprey that I published yesterday but tightly cropped. I’ve been learning about wildlife cropping from Matt Kloskowski’s Wildlife Editing Secrets course. He’s recommending that we consider the environment and the action of the wildlife when cropping. The crop would be based on what the photographer thought was most important.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, beak, bird, California, crop, fauna, feather, fish, fly, hunting, Lake Sonoma, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, talons, Timothy S. Allen

Osprey Landing with a Fish

Posted on June 8, 2022

Osprey landing — This osprey had been in its nest, tearing up this fish and feeding its young. It had flown off and was landing on this pole. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, bird, California, fauna, fish, fly, Lake Sonoma, landing, osprey, Photography, pole, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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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Aerodynamics of the Osprey, Part 2

Posted on June 3, 2022

Osprey landing — Landing requires use of its wing feathers and tail that are not used in the same way when soaring. First, they turn into the wind, open their wings and drop their tail to create drag. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma, County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: aerodynamic, animal, bird, California, fauna, Lake Sonoma, landing, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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The AErODYNAMICS of an Osprey

Posted on June 2, 2022

bird flying — Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) are a very aerodynamic bird that can fly at speeds of 80 mph/ 128 kmh and glide with minimal flapping of wings. As this one approaches its nest, it must slow down.This is the 1st in a 4 part series. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, areodynamics, bird, California, fauna, feather, fly, Lake Sonoma, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, speed, tail, Timothy S. Allen, wing

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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

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