The Osprey cam at the bottom of my hill.

[johnny canoe]

If you are like me, you might enjoy keeping an eye on the Ospreys near my house. Looks like the eggs are laid already. The birds still move the twigs around a bit to get them just right or out of boredom.

https://www.enmax.com/community/keeping-up-with-the-ospreys

 

[johnny canoe]

Actually I just saw a jogger go by the nest. I should give you all a half hour notice and then I'll show up on cam waving or dancing for you.lol

 

[johnny canoe]

Just biked back from the Osprey nest. So here's the ground view.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Very cool! Ospreys are one of my favorite birds of prey. Got to watch one fish about 5 years ago and it was pretty funny to watch.

 

[Beth_B]

Neat! How close to water are you?

 

[johnny canoe]

Hello Beth. The creek is a 5min. bike ride and the river is about 15

 

[alp]

Johnny Make sure you stop there and wave to all of us!
And it will be a johnny canoe webcam!

 

[johnny canoe]

Just been watching the cam. The birds did a shift change and I can confirm they have two big speckled eggs.

 

[Beth_B]

Poo, my mobile device doesn't support Adobe, so I can't watch it.
I'm two miles from a pretty good sized lake and river. Never seen ospreys there but bald eagles. They nest every year at the North end of the lake but the location is kept pretty secret so people don't hike in and bother them.

 

[johnny canoe]

Sorry you can't watch Beth. A month ago while bird feeding along the river I was able to see a bald and a golden eagle. I have never seen one in the wild before and I got both and only minutes apart. Our Bow river is a eagle highway they say.

http://www.canadiannaturephotographer.com/KenCribben.html

http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/calgarys-winter-warriors-eagles-along-the-bow

 

[Beth_B]

Nice, some great shots in the first link. The Flint River and trail goes through about two miles from me; the lake is artificial; there's a dam. All up and down the river there are bald eagles. It's not that uncommon to see them.

Wow too bad you didn't get a shot of both the bald and the golden sharing the sky! That would have been awesome.

 

[johnny canoe]

I did get a picture of the golden perched in a tree. I tried to get as close as possible but the snow was so deep and I was wearing running shoes. And I had bird s and bird seed in my hand when the bald flew low right over top of me and my camera was in a pouch on my bike.

 

[Beth_B]

Nice!!
This bald eagle flew practically low above my head last spring. By the time I fumbled my phone out and took a photo, it was wayyyy up there. See that tiny black speck in the middle? That's a bald eagle, honest.
Actually if you zoom in you can see its white head.

 

[alp]

! Pull another one, @Beth_B - that's a dirty speck on your lens!

Of course it is. I once took the same pic and asked myself why the 'eck I took such a featureless pic during a holiday. After scratching my head a bit, I realised that we flew kite high up in the same azure blue sky! And that was a very enjoying kite flying moment, just like your eagle snapping!

Lucky you, @johnny canoe that you saw the eggs - all I saw on the video was the bird twitching its head and scratching it body! The highlight was the person doing roller blading on the path below.

 

[johnny canoe]

I can make out the eagle in your picture Beth.

Alp, it's hit and miss, but I agree, seeing somebody go by on the path is a highlight if those big buzzards haven't done anything but sit there.