Blackwater Osprey

I took a day trip down to Blackwater Regional Wildlife Park in Cambridge, MD with some friends. The sanctuary is in the migratory path for a large number of birds. They are especially known for their nesting Eagles and Osprey. I have seen eagles before including a golden eagle in Arizona at one point but I had not seen Osprey. The pair we set up on had four chicks in the nest. We believe the female was sitting on the nest while the male was out hunting. Once we setup the male osprey circled in five times before settling in to land on the nest for a grand total of two and half hours of flight time. I setup on my tripod with the 70-200 2.8 and the 1.7 extender.

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