Raptor Wednesday

A fair number of Osprey sightings at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Monday. Hard to get a count, what with the comings and goings, but I had a minimum of five separate individuals.

That’s a lot of stick. Two nests are visible from the south-side trail at West Pond, but both of them had two adults at them; this bird was flying towards the Rockaway’s.

If there’s one mantra here at Backyard and Beyond, it’s look at every bird. The big, floppy-winged flier in the distance over the West Pond is probably going to be another Osprey.

Unless it’s not. As in this case: a Bald Eagle.