Raptor Wednesday

My third Osprey sighting of the year, flying above the eclipse crowd at Green-Wood.

The best place to see these fish-eating birds in Brooklyn is at Marine Park, where two nest platforms are occupied again this year. The one pictured above has been occupied for many breeding years.

This one has been unoccupied for years, at least until recently. It was only last year or the year before that the raptors started nesting on this one.

The nest-mate is on the post to the right.

And now back to Green-Wood as one circles around Valley Water. They like to scout out the water bodies inland.