Subject: [Tweeters] Ospreys at Nests - S King County
Date: Aug 8 18:01:28 2006
From: Lynn Schulz - linusq at worldnet.att.net


Hi Tweeters:
I checked out 3 Osprey nests today, Aug 8 in the Green River Valley in N
Kent and
in Tukwila. All 3 nests still had Ospreys present. I
had written about the 3 nests in a msg on July 24, and thought the juveniles
might fly back then. But in at least one nest today, a juvenile had still
not fledged.
Nest #1 is the farthest south, and we always felt it had the youngest
juveniles. Two juvs were in the nest on July 24. Today at mid-day, an
adult female perched above the nest. One juvenile flew from the nest to a
nearby pole and managed to perch rather precariously. It has fledged. A
second juv remained lying down and then perched on the nest, calling in a
soft whee, he, he. It occasionally flaps its wings. It apparently hasn't
fledged yet. The adult calls occasionally.
Nest #2. A juvenile was perched in the nest. Then it flew to a nearby
light pole. It has fledged. The adults were not present. This juvenile
was pecking at the sticks in the nest and at the wood of the light pole.
Nest #3. This nest is in Tukwila by old Longacres. It is at the top of a
tall cell phone tower. An adult and a juv were perched at the nest. The
juv remained perched for 15 minutes and I had to leave. It was not flapping
its wings and remained quite still as it perched. I wonder if this bird has
fledged already.
All 4 juveniles seem to be a little smaller than the adults, have white
feather edges on the brownish-black feathers of the upper parts and still
have golden napes.
Yours, Carol Schulz
DesMoines
mail to linusq at att.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn Schulz" <linusq at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 10:38 AM
Subject: Tukwila to Kent and Ospreys

> Hi Tweets:
> After a count lunch at Wendy's (we needed the large-size lemonade/ice tea
> combinations or sodas on ice), we felt cooled down enought to check out
> the
> local OSPREY nests. We observed 3 nests. One is on a cell tower, one is
> on
> a tall light pole, and I can't remember what supports the very-tall 3rd
> nest down off
> of W Valley near old Longacres. All of the nests are east of W Valley
> hwy,
> and range from Tukwila to North Kent. All of these had adult birds and
> large nestlings on and near the nest. Two of the nests had adults and one
> juvenile. One of the nests had two juveniles. The youngest juv had
> beautiful crisp white feather-edging on its back. All the juveniles had
> beautiful golden napes, and some white feather-edging. At one nest, the
> male flew in to the nest w/ prey. The female fed the 2 juvs, and then
> started calling at the male who perched just out of reach. The call was
> quite loud and insistent, a repetitive whey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! It
> looked like she was scolding the male. But he didn't fly again.
> Roger Orness said it looks like the juveniles will be ready to fledge
> pretty
> soon.
> Yours, Carol Schulz
> DesMoines, WA
> linusq at att.net
>