osprey

With the Boulder County Fairgrounds osprey cam, as I've said, the slide at the bottom allows looking not only at what's happening now, but of backing it up and watching them for the past hours.

The mother takes off during the night and goes wherever she will, stays gone long as she wishes, it's part of what happens once the chicks are this big.

The father osprey arrives clutching a fish, I'm no expert but it looks like a speckled trout.

The father fed the nearest chick a bit, then the mother came over and took charge. 

These photos aren't necessarily in any order. 

The older chick is going wild with his new wings and seems eager to take to the air.

He will first lift off the nest for a few days, then he will fledge, actually fly about a bit. That's coming up soon, and I'll be watching.

An early hour or so I watched wildlife videos online. BBC and National Geographic have excellent. One, of flying foxes, they're bats,

hanging in a palm, swarming, swooping down over a freshwater area and some being grabbed by crocodiles. It's nature. Another of a harpy eagle catching a monkey and taking it back to the nest for the nestling's meal. Bit too close was the scene with the nestling holding the bare humerus, with the hand still attached to the lower arm. 

For distraction, then watched baby tigers.

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