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Day 13 Osprey Nest Lamar Valley

By Willis Chung
Aug 13, 2017
36 Photos

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2016Aug Yellowstone Natl Park 2016Aug Yellowstone Natl Park

Day 13 Osprey Nest Lamar Valley

Aug 13, 2017
36 Photos

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A friendly face watches as I take my equipment down after walking with the pronghorn antelope (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Juvenile female osprey calling out for food. Orange eyes in younger birds. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Stretching wings while waiting for breakfast (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Juvenile female osprey doing some leg and wing stretches (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Juvenile female osprey calling with hunger (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Juvenile female osprey still making noise (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Juvenile female osprey getting really excited for an impending fish delivery. (It was 45 minutes from arriving to this moment. Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Incoming! This is a juvenile female, with a prominent breast patch (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Fish! Osprey carry the fish in an aerodynamically advantageous orientation, head first. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Digging right into a fish breakfast (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Dad watches daughter lifting fish (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Fish delivery completed, dad leaves. Adults have yellow eyes, and this bird had no breast patch. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Juvenile female osprey tearing at fresh fish (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Wait, why is breakfast interrupted? (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Something is amiss! Competition for breakfast! (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

A brother arrives, hoping to share. Orange eyes, no breast patch. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Facing off, a whole fish is at stake (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older, bigger sister takes action! (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

She takes the fish away with her talons (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Using her wings for balance and lift, she pulls the fish towards the other side of the nest. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Flapping to generate lift, fish still gripped in left talon (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Juvenile female osprey lifting fish onto rim of nest away from her brother. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Juvenile female osprey getting down to breakfast while her brother watches. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Brother complains about not getting any fish! (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Father watches over the nest. Yellow eyes = adult. No breast patch = male. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Beginning the preflight checklist. Tail and shoulder stretches, check. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Left leg stretch, check. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Right leg stretch, check. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Brother getting angry about missing out on breakfast. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Head scratch, check! (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Ready for takeoff! (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Adult male osprey taking off for the nest (I waited 45 minutes for this photo! Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Adult male osprey launches for the nest (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Father lands at the nest. The youngsters have taken off, an empty nest situation. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Adult male osprey landing on his nest. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

A friendly face watches me while her master gets some photos. Her name is Lucy, clearly a sweet dog. (Taken in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

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