Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Sighing a Bit

In a past post I wrote about my concern for the return of "my" osprey to our nest site. We continued to study the platform and the skies for osprey. A few days ago we saw an osprey attacking two geese on the river, but without much success. Then the next day we saw this!




My husband went out with some noisemakers to see if he could discourage him. He eventually resorted to blank gunfire which is legal in this area. The goose was not in any hurry to leave, but he finally did.




This one goose finally left, but the very next day we heard osprey crying in the sky above the river and then saw this!




These geese are imprinted as they did successfully raise their geese on this platform a few years ago. Hubby went out to harass them again, and between the osprey's cry and hubby's noise, they finally left. Hubby says when he makes the sound of the hissing snake, that seemed to work the best?! Needless to say, our neighbors across the way got a nice show and are wondering when I am going to put him in an old folk's home. Finally, the osprey came in and claimed the nest and he is now waiting for his partner! Let us hope her journey is safe.




Below he is rearranging the furniture in the nursery.


The small tree-like shrubs are an example of how wet the weather was last year. There is also a small lawn in the front! I am NOT going to mow it.

10 comments:

  1. So pleased he arrived. Fingers crossed for his other half.

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  2. Hope he stays there long enough to discourage the geese. They are persistent.

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  3. Hooray for the osprey, and your husband! I hope they can hold the fort.

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  4. I know geese can be pretty feisty, but who knew they cold intimidate an osprey with that beak and those talons. I would ordinarily be against interfering with nature, but geese can safely nest in other places, and many of those oples were set up specifically for the ospreys so...

    Hope the mate returns soon.

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    1. Glad you understand, Jowh, I also prefer not to interfere, but we put up the platform to avoid them nesting on our boat top! It cost $300.00 and we want our money's worth with lots of osprey over the years.

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    2. joeh!! Sorry.

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  5. Glad you were successful defending the nest. I wonder if the bird realizes what you did?

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  6. Wonderful news! And i'll bet he can take care of the lawn himself (or ignore it).

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  7. Nice to think that you helped.

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  8. yay for a successful return and claim of the nest. and snakes hiss?

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Glad to hear from you once again. I really like these visits. Come sit on this log and tell me what you are thinking.