Here are a few more photos of our Osprey couple! They are adding branches to the nest by the hour.
Category: Osprey
Our Osprey Couple Is Back
Today our birds returned to this very location for the fourth year in a row. After the original platform I built years ago blew down in a big wind because the tree was so rotten. I had to quickly secure a power pole and build a new platform before the Osprey couple returned for this…
Osprey Platform – Planted
A good friend of mine pulled some strings and secured a power pole. Today another good friend and his brother backed in their auger/pole truck, dug the hole and planted the pole. I’m hopeful that when the Osprey pair return to this platform they will accept it and start adding branches to it. This is…
New Osprey Platform
A few weeks ago we had a serious blower on Puget Island. It was so bad that it blew the top 10’ of the tree and the Osprey platform down. The tree was badly rotted so I had it removed. This is a problem because in less than three weeks my Osprey pair will be…
Spring is Finally Here!
The Osprey couple are back to our nesting platform about 2 weeks early. The Spring Chinook are making their journey up the Columbia River. This is one of three I caught this last week.
20′ Banks Fishing Dory, USCG – Finished!
The dory is complete! The next time you see her she’ll be at the Cathlamet Boat Show. The young Osprey couple have two baby chicks. I had a friend come that had a zoom lens to take some close up shots. They are growing like weeds!
Osprey and the Marina
This last week the young pair of Osprey were building away! My wife was sitting with a friend watching the Osprey bring large branches up to the platform, and they both said you could just sit here all day and watch them. They are amazing birds!! The reason I’ve slowed down on the dory is that I’ve started…
20′ Banks Fishing Dory, USCG – Osprey and Rib Frames
Hey, hey, we got some good news. The young pair of Osprey returned to our backyard nesting platform. They got here about 2 weeks late but what can I say they’re a young couple!! I put in a little time in on the dory today. I cut off all the squeeze out of hardened glue. Then cut the…
Panoramic View for Ospreys
Today I took the day off working on the Dory and helped my good friends Henry and Craig top thirteen of my cottonwood trees. In two years they’ll fill out and look like very short health trees. I will have cut down on the amount of leaves in my gutters and pair of Ospreys will…
Osprey Building
This last week I resurrected my irrigation system and during that process I watched the Osprey adding more branches to the platform. Here are a few photos. All three of these shots were taken from our back deck with my iPhone.