Osprey
“The following afternoon I heard the shrill, rapidly repeated whistle call of an Osprey high overhead.”
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Year by year
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Despite the unsavory weather conditions that persisted through mid-April, Cape Elizabeth saw the return of Osprey - on April 8 a first of season bird was spotted fishing the northwest side of Great Pond.
I also was very pleased to observe an Osprey sitting quietly, high upon a snag in Pond Cove, intently watching a male wood duck that showed up with a splash.
On April 12 my wife was walking in Robinson Woods and saw what had to be one of the first osprey’s spotted around Cape this spring.
On June 21 my wife pointed out an adult American Bald Eagle giving chase to an Osprey over and along the Spurwink River.
On April 17 the first Osprey of the year flew over the house as did a boisterous flock of eight Cedar Waxwings.
Other birds spotted while in Two Lights include Common Terns, Common Eiders, Ring-billed and Great-black backed Gulls, a Least Sandpiper fly through, a single Osprey and several Gray Catbirds.
Lastly, on April 12 my wife and son spotted our first Osprey of the season sitting atop an old snag deep in Pond Cove.
April also marks the arrival of egrets, herons, Osprey and other birds of prey.
The following afternoon I heard the shrill, rapidly repeated whistle call of an Osprey high overhead.
The next afternoon, a shrill, repeated whistle drew my gaze skyward to an Osprey soaring at great height.
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Nearby, a Belted Kingfisher perched watchfully, an Osprey hovered in the distance, several Killdeer darted about, and two vociferous Willets called out.