Flying Fish
Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
This juvenile osprey flew over Johann and I as we were photographing some ducks in Old Mystic, It all happened so fast I couldn’t change much of anything up on the camera. The striped Bass was pretty good sized (~18–20″ long), and definitely looked like he was a tad bit afraid of heights.
We decided to let Johann start using the old Canon Rebel to use with supervision. He went out to Avery Point with it on Friday and got some butters and then this afternoon we passed by some prime marshes where he and I shot some egrets, herons and a kingfisher. As we neared the hardware store there is a small old factory on the river, we got out to shoot ducks there when this osprey screamed low over head. I was already loaded with the 400 and a 1.4x and no time to change. Johann was so jazzed about the whole thing. Now he wants a flickr account and access to the Lightroom software.
Interestingly, I saw something I hadn’t seen with ospreys before as two other ospreys buzzed this one a couple of times as it looked for a suitable perch to eat. They were all juveniles and from that behavior I would assume they were probably nest mates. I have seen nest mates sharing and pushing each other over food brought by a parent. Maybe this is the continuation of that behavior.
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