Summer in NYC is Osprey season.
They need access to water where they can fish, and we have a lot of that around here. This pair has built a nest along the East River, seen here with the Manhattan Bridge in the background.
To learn about what goes on in an Osprey nest, I always recommend tuning in to the Hellgate (Montana) Osprey Cam which features Iris, the oldest known Osprey (around 30 years old). She is an incredible bird and is raising one chick this year with her new mate, Clark.
The Osprey below kept teasing me by flying close to the moon, but never past it. Ah, well.
Here is a sequence of an Osprey going for a fish.
Failing to nab a fish, the Osprey opted for a bath instead.
It takes an enormous amount of strength to lift and flap itself out of the water.
I could watch Ospreys diving all day. A good place to see them fishing is the salt marsh at Marine Park in Brooklyn, or Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens.
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