The day following the solar eclipse, and upon leaving my regular Tuesday morning breakfast venue, I decided to sally forth along the shores of the local river in the hope that I might spot an Osprey, should they have returned. Armed with my camera, I first traversed the nearby recreational riverside area where I had seen Ospreys in the past, but to no avail. So, I left town and headed upriver on the road parallel to it. I was in luck! I was just up the road where I was about to drive by a nesting box when I spotted something perched by it. Whoa! Nothing behind me, so safe to stop and back up, and I was “in luck”, or as most Canadians say “I lucked out!”, and there was an Osprey perching and looking around, waiting for a mate! Well, I wasn’t quite what it expected, but I kept it company for a short while and since it didn’t look like it was going to be very active, I decided, being newly invigorated with its sighting, to try my luck at some of the other spots along the river. It was at this juncture, that another large bird flew past, just as I had closed my camera case, a Great Blue Heron – which was out of sight, of course, before my camera was back in my hands!
Stay safe and well,
Cheers,
John Baldwin