Over the past week, I have been watching an osprey enjoy our pond and a few fish. On Sunday, she(?) caught one the same time I did. She splashed down about 15' from the boat. Today I watched her dive 5 times. She only came up with 2 fish.
I love watching, but if I see her with a 3lb lm, I might cry.
Awesome! I've seen lots of osprey, but never in Mo. Almost every time out west or in FL we see them. They do eat some fish though. Kind of a mixed blessing. Watched one in Utah hit and try to lift a big trout. He just couldn't fly off with it though. I sure didn't know they hung out in Missouri. Do they nest around your place?
SetterGuy, I haven't seen the nest, but as often as I have seen the bird, I do think it is somewhere close. We have many more bald eagles in MO than osprey. I have only seen an osprey here occasionally before this year. It is exciting, like so many on the forum, I am old enough to remember when all birds of prey were quite rare and to see the comeback of Eagles, osprey and other big birds does my heart good.
