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Don't mind me for bumping this oldie The rookery is now right by the very touristy and busy goverment locks on the Lake Washington Ship Canal. About four years ago, a pair of juvenile eagles harassed the herons at their rookery deep in the woods, but close by. They moved to the current spot and...

i'm tired. Stayed up past two am editing pics, and watching the Olympics. Woke up early as usual, dang it. More Olympics, then went back. No luck on catching the osprey diving for fish...but the more dominant chick is now hopping around the nest when he's doing his wing training....Reckon he'll...

Update, the osprey chicks are growing fast! I just climbed a pine, then pulled up a pack loaded with water, two camera, and my big 6 pound 300 m lens, in order to look down at the ospreys, that I've been following since April 18, when I started this set with a bang...well, birds don't actualy...

I have killdeer porn as well, to say nothing of heron porn.....twice for the latter, and each time, the male had a solid bite hold on her neck. Perhaps he was saying, don't move, bitch..! I'm just now uploading some of the appx 800 images from yesterday....my first day back from a week off...

Update. Two months after I captured the osprey mating--repeatedly--- the fledglings have hatched. I've added the new images to the slide show....Dad bringing in a tasty treat and the young heads popping up. that was last Wednesday, I think. Link

Today, I was trying out a new tool which intensifies a flash beam. It's only for long lenses. It seemed to work for the shots at the start of this set http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbtree/sets/72157626533749950/show/ which are of a nesting chickadee pair, which have a brood deep inside a cavity...

But 5 times in 2 hours?!! Wowsers! To make this more like a movie, choose options on the upper right, then "fast" http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbtree/sets/72157630036362089/show/ Here's the set, which has a description http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbtree/sets/72157630036362089/ I wrote...