Tag Archive for osprey

#150 Farewell, and safe flight

October 3, 2011

All summer a family of ospreys nested on the crane behind my high-rise. This was their second summer atop a mechanical aerie. The crane is not going anywhere because the economy still isn’t strong enough to encourage a developer to…

June 25, 2011

The Great Blue Heron is a regular visitor to the marsh that is steps away from my home. Occasionally I see him flying overhead. Sometimes he’s ducking the harassing red-winged blackbirds, if he has strayed too near their nests. Mostly…