May 8, 2009

Photographs by Robert Harrington

One of the juvenile ospreys that I'll call "Big Sister," which I think is a female and
seemed to be dominate of the pair (and probably hatched first), flew first on Wednesday
(May 6) or Thursday. The other, which I think is a male, ("Little Brother") flew first on
Friday, May 8, going to a nearby light pole where it stayed for over two hours, afraid to
jump off.  It finally did after some encouragement from Big Sister.

The Osprey family story, March 31 to May 5