Osprey Family of Four

Ospreys at their nest near Duquesne (photo by Dana Nesiti)
Ospreys at their nest near Duquesne, 19 June 2017 (photo by Dana Nesiti)

The young Hays bald eagle (H7) has flown but another fish-eating bird still has chicks in a nest near the Monongahela River.

Early this week Dana Nesiti (Eagles of Hays PA) visited the Three Rivers Heritage bike trail in Duquesne to check on a long-time osprey nest.  The ospreys return from migration every March to set up housekeeping on an old power pole in a railyard.  During the nesting season the adults are easy to see but the chicks aren’t visible until they’re almost ready to fledge.

On 19 Jun 2017 Dana wrote, I “stopped at the Osprey nest this evening and when the male flew past two little ones poked [their heads up] and when he brought a fish back only saw two again. I think we can confirm two this year.”

Osprey nest with two young near Duquesne (photo by Dana Nesiti)
Osprey nest with two young near Duquesne, 19 Jun 2017 (photo by Dana Nesiti)

 

It’s always cool to see a fish delivery. “Incoming!”

Incoming! An adult osprey brings fish to the nest near Duquesne, 19 June 2017 (photo by Dana Nesiti)
Incoming! An adult osprey brings fish to the nest near Duquesne, 19 June 2017 (photo by Dana Nesiti)

 

Thanks to our cleaner rivers, there are plenty of fish for this family of four.

 

See photos of the Hays Bald Eagles and other local birds of prey on Dana Nesiti’s Facebook page: Eagles of Hays PA.

(photos by Dana Nesiti, Eagles of Hays PA)

6 thoughts on “Osprey Family of Four

  1. Kate,

    Have you heard about the redtail hawk baby being raised in a nest of bald eagles as their own? There are 3 eaglets and one redtail.

    It is in Sidney, British Columbia, Canada.

  2. That is so wonderful that there is an osprey nest along the Mon in the Steel Valley! Is it visible by car birding? If so, where?

  3. The Neville Island Ospreys always look pretty busy when I go by, and you can easily see them from the road. On a tower near the bridge that comes over from Stowe Township (back channel.) I don’t know how many babies.

    The Aliquippa nest didn’t look occupied the last 2 times I checked, and I don’t know about Potter Township with all the construction going on. I did see an article that Potter has built a new platform hoping to keep their Osprey pair in the area.

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