On this day at the refuge, the Osprey Mom at the last nest was showing her two chicks how to take off and land by repeatedly taking off from the nest, sometimes with a fish, sometime without one, taking a few laps and then landing. A fascinating exercise to be able to watch.
From my trip to the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, NJ back on 7-18-2009.
For more information on Ospreys, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.
For more information on the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site at www.fws.gov/northeast/forsythe/.
