April 22 - Female Osprey returns to the nest after a brief flight...
...add incubates the eggs.
May 20
May 21 - Male Osprey checks in with his mate on the nest....
...and then leaves.
May 26 - The Ospreys have added a large piece of finished word, i.e. furniture, to the nest.
May 26 - A Mallard mother and her eight chicks out for an evening swim pass the Osprey nest.
May 27 - Female feeds the two chicks, who appear to be around 2 weeks old and are able to move from the deepest part of the nest.
May 27 - The male finds a nearby perch while the female feeds the chicks. The male willl provide food for the family in the nest, almost exclusively fish, until the chicks fledge.
May 29 - Male feeds the female the catch of the evening while a chick waits fror its portion.
May 29 - Mother and offspring.
June 2 - Family dinner.
June 8 - Female reruns to the nest after a brief fly-about.
June 9 - Ospreys chicks are always ready to eat when they see a parent approaching. In their first month of life they increase their weight 30 times.
June 9
June 10 - As the chicks get stronger, thay are able to stand more upright and for longer periods.
