Ospreys and Eagles have the same number of tail feathers which I determined by my photos then verified.
Despite the often-repeated myth about the Morgan dollar, the bald eagle does not have seven tail feathers. Nor does it have an odd number of tail feathers. It actually has 12 tail feathers.
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Female osprey Odette always gives me the once-over when I take her photo, but she does not mind the camera and poses well!
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This is an intruder osprey attack on the South Portland nest of Oscar and Odette who are now incubating eggs. The full sequence can be seen on Marc Lausier's website
These are views of the eagle nest before and after the recent rainstorm.
I'm sad to say it's looking like Rick and Ilsa will not have any surviving eaglets in this my 7th year of photographing them.
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Rick brings home the bacon (Atlantic Herring?) which is a good sign there is a viable hatchling or 2 or 3!
By the end of April, I should be able to see some fuzzy gray heads above the rim of the nest.
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It is a bright sunny day so I was eager to see what was going on at nest central.
Seconds after I got my camera set up, Ilsa took to the sky in very windy conditions.
I captured a sequence as she was soaring…this was the last shot.
If not the best photo I've taken of the eagles, this was no doubt the luckiest 'framed' by the foreground trees
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And yes, this photograph will be framed!
For more photos of eagles - and other birds in the Scarborough area - see Marc Lausier's website.
The major source of food for our eagles is fish, however, they will also eat waterfowl and other birds which can be a source of flu - highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
It would wipe out the entire nest which can be a family of 5 eagles…a couple of years they've raised 3 eaglets.
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Marc Lausier: "The most photographically important day of the year, is when I photo the season's eaglets.On April 22, 2022 I captured a series of photos when the eaglets appeared above the rim of the nest. Here the sole eaglet last year was being fed by Ilsa, but Rick also shares in that duty." For more of Marc Lausier's photos check out his website.
If female eagle Ilsa is incubating eggs, she is staying low in this approximately 20 mph wind. For more eagle photos visit Marc Lausier's website.
On this bright sunny morning, I knew eagle pair Rick and Ilsa (on the left) would be working on their nest. (Nikon Z7II, focal length 1050mm, at a distance of around 150yds.) For more Marc Lausier photos visit his website.
Female Bald Eagle Ilsa always manages to give the "eagle" eye when photographed. See more eagle photos at Marc Lausier's website
Scarborough's eagle pair Rick and Ilsa (on the right). For more of Marc Lausier's photos see his website.
One of Marc Lausier's best photos of male eagle Rick. Marc was directly below him as Rick watched his every move.
