Guardian of the young by Faemike55

Photography • Animals • posted on Aug 21, 2010

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Not sure if this Osprey is male or female as both were there, the other is hidden by the nest wall. this is located about 200 feet from the back door of where I work! It is a pleasure to see them arrive every spring , remodeling the nest and over the months lay, hatch the eggs and raise the babies. this picture was taken in an overcast sky and was about 2pm! I did some postwork to improve the image and resized for Rendo's requirements Have a great weekend Mike

Comments (58)

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drifterlee

11:05AM | Sat, 21 August 2010

Cool birdy shot, Mike!

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MagikUnicorn

11:29AM | Sat, 21 August 2010

safe place for those bird :)

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2121

11:29AM | Sat, 21 August 2010

Wonderful and lucky shot of such a magnificent creature. I have wanted to see one in the wild for so long....unless i go to Scotland or the Lakes i don't think i will

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castro2007

11:55AM | Sat, 21 August 2010

Now that bird has a big ole nest,its great to see people that care enough about our wildlife to build that top so they can build a nest, Fantastic Mike!!!!!

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rbowen

11:55AM | Sat, 21 August 2010

Very good shot!

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zil2008

1:01PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

Great shot. Must be interesting to watch them.

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junge1

2:24PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

Great capture Mike!

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RodS

2:27PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

Outstanding photo, Mike! Interesting how they provide those platforms for the birds to build nests on. While I was in Florida, I noticed that they would provide platforms on the 69KV distribution poles for the pelicans to nest on. Keeps them off the crossarms and away from the power cables...

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mininessie

2:38PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

great shot!

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eekdog

3:30PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

nice capture mike..

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Minaya

3:33PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

Wonderful photo!

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anmes

3:53PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

Great capture..wonderful to have chance to see such a spectacular bird over long period.

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mikeerson

4:19PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

I think you should get a shot directly undernieth... don't do it, I'm joking - lol

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sandra46

4:26PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

GREAT CAPTURE!

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necrophage

5:06PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

cool capture!

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mgtcs

5:08PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

WOW....Great capture, amazing POV!

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angelafair

9:05PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

WOW...very AWESOME shot! This image is very nice!

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vaggabondd

9:22PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

I love Osprays they are such beautiful birds, nice capture of the guardian my friend

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danapommet

9:22PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

WOW!!! A platform just for nesting. Three cheers for the state of Washington. Excellent capture. Dana

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KatesFriend

9:34PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

That is terrific. Nice to see things like this.

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Chaosphoto

11:45PM | Sat, 21 August 2010

I'm impressed with a power company that would build that platform for the birds or did the birds force them hehe

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jclP

3:14AM | Sun, 22 August 2010

Great shot

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jmb007

8:34AM | Sun, 22 August 2010

bonne image!!

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Seaview123

11:44AM | Sun, 22 August 2010

Great shot, and a cool picture of the bird and the stand they built to prevent the bird from becoming cooked. Nice work!

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mickeyrony

12:32PM | Sun, 22 August 2010

You're quite lucky my friend. To find gems like?? Bravo and thanks mile ((5 + +)) Tu es assez chanceux mon ami . Pour trouver comme les perles rares ?? Bravo et mile mercis((5++))

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