Cell Osprey still adding to nest & Other Wildlife

Tuesday evening at Hogback was uneventful, Dick Tuttle and I spent time watching nest #1 and #4 with not much changing the last 3 days. Nest #4 pair look to be great as is the pair on #1. The geese on #2 should be hatching soon as should the geese nest just to the right of nest #1 on the small Island.

I've only seen one wood duck in the last 5 days, and there were more cormorants flying north.

Wednesday morning I went over to the cell tower in the Delaware Lake area. Saw both osprey adding to the sparse nest. I wonder if the only time they add is when I've got my camera on them?

As you can see by the photos above I had many great photo oops. The eagle was carrying a catfish. I'm sure he got it from the large pond west of the lake and north of the road (old Leonardberg Road?). The beautiful cock pheasant was on top of the dike just below the cell tower. He was not hard to find because he keep making his distinctive call. The deer shots were taken on the way out north of Main Road, on the east side of old Panhandle Road in the USDA tree area. In all I took about 95 photos in a little more than one hour.
Note: There have been anywhere from 1 to 7 people at the Hogback Road Nest #1 each evening from about 7 pm till after dark. We always have a lot to talk about, all are welcome. (That's how we get a heads up on whats going on in the county)

Frank Germann