Osprey

Our Two Osprey Chicks Are Now Flying!

Posted on August 7, 2020October 14, 2020 by coffeeadmin

The two baby Osprey chick don’t look like babies anymore. They started stretching there wing in flight everyday for the last 5 days. In the next few weeks Mom and Dad will be teaching them to hunt.

Baby Osprey Chicks Exercising Wings

Posted on July 31, 2020October 19, 2020 by coffeeadmin

Our Backyard Osprey Family

Posted on June 26, 2020July 1, 2020 by coffeeadmin

Here are a couple of photos of our Osprey platform. We’ve got chicks up there!! I don’t know how many but I can hear them. Once they start peaking over the edge I’ll post more photos.

Backyard Ospreys

Posted on April 10, 2020April 13, 2020 by coffeeadmin

Here are more photos of our Osprey couple. My next door neighbor took the close up in flight photo. She has her camera set up on a step ladder. She obviously has a nice camera!! We should have chicks by mid-May. Stay tuned.

Boats and Birds

Posted on April 9, 2020 by coffeeadmin

Today I re-rigged our Cape Henry 21 “Slough Coot”. I added two new furled headsails, a large Genoa and a staysail. This will allow me to easily single handedly sail this vessel without leaving the safety of the cockpit. She’s back in storage and will be launched next month. Here are a few picks of…

Baby Osprey Chicks

Posted on August 1, 2019 by coffeeadmin

Here are a few shots of the 3 baby Osprey chicks! The one on the right is the smallest of the three. Their parents still feed the little one beak to beak so the two bigger ones won’t take its food away from it. They will be flying in the next week or so. Then…

Birds and Bees Update

Posted on July 21, 2019July 23, 2019 by coffeeadmin

This last weekend there was a lot going on in the bee yards and the Osprey nesting platform. This late spring and early summer has had its fair share of showers. With those showers comes lots and lots of flowers. It seems to me that the wild blackberry bloom is nearly twice the norm. With…

Birds, Bees and Boats!!

Posted on May 30, 2019June 3, 2019 by coffeeadmin

This has been a busy spring. We have an Osprey family happening. We’ve caught several swarms of honey bees and hoping for a wonderful harvest of raw honey. And one of my most favorite things, sailing the seven seas … which are right in front of my house!