Or more likely the look is one of "You call yourself a fisherman and that is all you brought back!" For whatever the reason, the Osprey population has done very well this season in our section of the mid-Atlantic. Almost every nesting platform and a lot of telephone and light poles have active nest with most that I have observed having at least 3 fledglings. They are starting to leave the nest this week. The fledglings in this particular nest arrived early and last week, when these pictures were taken, were ready to leave home and have fledged by now. These photos were taken with my Nikon 80-400mm VR lens. This lens, was Nikons first VR, and is long in the tooth waiting for Nikon to replace it. But if you handle it carefully, shoot on a tripod with a mid-range aperture - these were shot at f/10, 1/1000s at ISO 400 - can still turn out a decent exposure. Not as good as the Nikon 600mm VR, but cheaper by about $9000!
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