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Squatter!! ... See MoreSee Less

2 days ago
Squatter!!

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Dibs

He or she has been visiting on and off most oif the winter. He is very polite and good at not over staying the welcome. ☺️🥳🥰😎💞

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4:30pm 3/13/24.... ... See MoreSee Less

3 days ago
4:30pm 3/13/24....

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Wonderful picture!!! Thank you!!!

Pretty soon I’ll be seeing these little cuties again! Don’t be jealous! I’m part of the volunteer South Coast Osprey Project at Allen’s Pond through MA Audubon!

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6 days ago
Pretty soon I’ll be seeing these little cuties again! Don’t be jealous! I’m part of the volunteer South Coast Osprey Project at Allen’s Pond through MA Audubon!

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Osprey siting on the nesting platform yesterday! ... See MoreSee Less

1 week ago
Osprey siting on the nesting platform yesterday!

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wonderful!!!!! ❤😍💞

I am so happy they are back here in Cape May, NJ! I watch for them in March & monitor a number of nests.

Vicki Marshall

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How do the young ospreys learn how to fish? Is it just instinct or so they learn by watching? ... See MoreSee Less

8 months ago

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I learned from one of those anti seagull hawk guys that the adult takes the the juveniles out and dive on smaller fish, injuring the fish and dropping it back in the water giving the young ones an easy target. I actually witnessed this action while taking an early morning walk on the beach. Practice makes perfect!

Yeah, they definitely don’t just follow adults to foraging areas. They learn by trial and error. We watched the osprey fledgling at our osprey cam in BL return last summer with several small catches that were its first - a banded killifish, blue crab and then a pufferfish.

We watched a juvenile practice diving several times in Cape May Harbor on Sunday. It hit the water with talons outstretched, then got itself out of the water and airborne, shook the excess water off, rounded, and tried again.

Thanks for answering my question. On the beach today, I believe I saw several juveniles practicing fishing. It was amazing because I never noticed it before. I saw them do the little flappy dance they do just before they’re ready to dive, but did not dive. Then when they did dive I saw one head right down to the water, but never made contact and swooshed right up again. When he was ready, he finally took his dive and came up with a fish on his first try!!! 🐟🐠🐡

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