Thursday, February 9, 2017
Osprey
S told me that she had seen two osprey yesterday. I took that with my usual grain of salt, preferring to confirm such things on my own. After all, I had been out in the canoe and hadn't seen any. Before I get to Cedar Island, a distance something under a half mile, I have spotted five osprey. I put my notebook down and look the other way and it is now six.

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Osprey starting some nest refurbishing |
A hawk, flushed from close in breaks the spell. It is the easiest hawk ID I have ever made, it's rust red fan of a tail flashing bright on a landscape that is still tan and grey. I watch it for a short time as it works its way through the bare forest, and then I return to where I was when I was so rudely interrupted.
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The Gravel Bank at high tide |
Notes: I spotted between 7 and 11 osprey all in the lower marsh of the East River. A later chat confirms that osprey appeared on Great Island (Connecticut River) 3 days ago.
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