The Mother Osprey returns to her nest after a short lap around the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, NJ on Saturday 4-3-2010.

For more information on the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site at www.fws.gov/northeast/forsythe/.

For more information on Osprey, visit the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology.

The Father Osprey arrives back at the nest after a successful fishing run over the Manasquan Reservoir in Howell, New Jersey on 6-6-2009. It’s common for Ospreys to eat the head of the fish first before returning to the nest with the rest.

For more information on the Manasquan Resevoir, visit their web site at this web site.

For more information on Osprey, visit the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology.

An Osprey delivers some building material to its nest on the Manaaquan Reservoir in Howell, New Jersey on Sunday 4-5-2009.

I blended a free texture (oceansky) from Alicepopkorn to give this piece a moody “over the water at dusk” feel.

For more information on the Manasquan Resevoir, visit their web site at this web site.

For more information on Osprey, visit the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology.

This is my very first nest building photo. I coveted the incredible Osprey shots that Flickr friend Shootpics (Bill Wilson) was getting at the Manasquan Reservoir in Howell, New Jersey so I made a trip over there on Sunday 4-5-2009 and checked it out myself.

I love this place. What a wonderful lakeside to spend the day. I saw Osprey, Bald Eagles, Red Winged Black Birds, Mute Swans, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese and a multitude of smaller birds. They have a great perimeter trail system too with parking and bathroom facilities and an environmental center that I hear is pretty neat although I didn’t have time to check it out myself.

For more information on the Manasquan Reservoir, visit their web site at this web site.

For more information on Osprey, visit the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology.