This morning at Salt Point one bird was atop the platform at the point, making frequent forays to collect sticks - fun to watch it grab at branches while flying past a tree but fail to snap it off. After a break, it flew in the direction of the railway bridge over Salmon Creek, and when I walked down in that direction, one osprey (A) was sitting atop a utility pole with a sizeable fish, while another osprey (B) was on the platform close to the railway bridge. I _think_ B was the first bird I'd been observing on the point platform, but am not sure. Anyhow, B flew to land on that same utility pole alongside A, seemingly expecting A to share some of the fish, with no sign of aggression between the two birds as far as I could tell. But A did not want to share and unceremoniously flew off with the fish, while B sat there for a while before flying back to the platform at the point, making a failed grab at a tree branch along the way.
I have photos of both birds, but don't have enough experience with the necklaces to discern male vs. female. Suan > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
