Ospreys - No, not those kind...

[moose135]

I was bopping around the North Fork of Long Island on Saturday afternoon, and in one small park on the shore, came across some Ospreys.

This guy (?) flew by carrying most of a fish...

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Birds/i-d8gHbwF/1/3b8ca950/XL/JM_2017_06_03_Osprey_Cedar_Creek_Park_003-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Birds/i-564PfZL/1/059de87e/XL/JM_2017_06_03_Osprey_Cedar_Creek_Park_004-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Birds/i-8ZzBpw7/1/cc542181/XL/JM_2017_06_03_Osprey_Cedar_Creek_Park_007-XL.jpg

I also saw a nesting pair. One kept popping his/her head up, chirping away, while the other occasionally would poke a head up.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Birds/i-TmXmxpq/1/57839bd1/XL/JM_2017_06_03_Osprey_Cedar_Creek_Park_010-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Birds/i-MtgjQnw/1/9fbb0262/XL/JM_2017_06_03_Osprey_Cedar_Creek_Park_011-XL.jpg

After about 20 minutes of that, the noisy one took off, flew a quick lap around the area, then came back in to land on the nest.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Birds/i-gsRGtzt/1/7fe9d60a/XL/JM_2017_06_03_Osprey_Cedar_Creek_Park_012-XL.jpg

I really love this photo!

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Birds/i-RXWBMNB/1/1357f32c/XL/JM_2017_06_03_Osprey_Cedar_Creek_Park_014-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Birds/i-CWqRfQs/1/afc8691d/XL/JM_2017_06_03_Osprey_Cedar_Creek_Park_015-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Birds/i-cp2xw2R/1/5ed5996a/XL/JM_2017_06_03_Osprey_Cedar_Creek_Park_016-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Birds/i-hpGgcxt/1/8c90af39/XL/JM_2017_06_03_Osprey_Cedar_Creek_Park_017-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Birds/i-9HBJ9wN/1/89376986/XL/JM_2017_06_03_Osprey_Cedar_Creek_Park_018-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Birds/i-Pc9jhrm/1/8eb06298/XL/JM_2017_06_03_Osprey_Cedar_Creek_Park_019-XL.jpg

[Zee71]

Nice John .... we watch and photograph those kind of birds too!