I went on a photowalk with the Twin Cities Photography Group today. Along came a couple of dogs who really weren't supposed to be off-leash. They were real quick. This was only one of two shots I managed before they took off. I posted this on Reddit and got about 400 hits within an hour which pushed my Flickr Photostream over 125,000 views tonight. Wow. Thanks for viewing.
I was out at the TCAAP Wildlife viewing area tonight. One of the local osprey stopped by and sat on a tree nearby.
Eventually, it decided it was time for dinner and took off.
It plunged into the water three times before it nabbed dinner.
It came back to the nearby tree but didn't feel comfortable eating in front of me and soon took its catch towards the nest.
As it left, it showed me its catch. (The tiny sparkles are water shedding off the bird. The larger fuzzy blurs are from a cottonwood tree.)
On the way to the nest, a young eagle showed up. The osprey dived bombed it a few time and enlisted the help of its spouse. They both pestered the eagle until it retreated. Just before the eagle was out of sight, it took a plunge for its own dinner. Unfortunately, this took place directly into the sunlight so my photos didn't work.
Somewhere during the scuffle with the eagle, the osprey lost the fish.
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