GAREN wrote:
Very nice series Gene

Garen

Thanks for viewing and the kind words, Garen.

GENE

Hi Gene,

This looks like nest on the side of Cross Bay Blvd. We did not see the chicks when we were there last weekend. The chicks should be taking flight in a few weeks and that will be a treat. Very nice photos.

Morris

Nice shots....

morris wrote:
Hi Gene,

This looks like nest on the side of Cross Bay Blvd. We did not see the chicks when we were there last weekend. The chicks should be taking flight in a few weeks and that will be a treat. Very nice photos.

Morris


Apparently, that's the only nest you can get close.

Easy pick Gene... #9.

morris wrote:
Hi Gene,

This looks like nest on the side of Cross Bay Blvd. We did not see the chicks when we were there last weekend. The chicks should be taking flight in a few weeks and that will be a treat. Very nice photos.

Morris


Thanks for viewing and the kind words, Morris. You are quite right, they seemed to appear only this past week.

GENE

TooManyShots wrote:
Nice shots....

Thanks for viewing and the kind words, TooManyShots.

GENE

Conrad Tan wrote:
Easy pick Gene... #9.

Thanks for viewing and picking a favorite, Conrad. Number 9 is one of my favorites, also. It's always exciting to view them coming in for a landing, shedding lift, and talons forward.

GENE

Nice set Gene

you must have spent a lot of time with this nest & it's inhabitants.

# 1, 6, & 9 are my favorites.

Lil

Thanks for viewing and picking favorites, Lil! You never feel that it is a lot of time. You always want to stay just one more hour. The feeling is that during the NEXT hour something amazing will happen. Then again everyone has a story of the photo that got away - years ago, ran out of film, or today didn't bring that extra battery, or camera set at wrong setting. It's that feeling that next time we can do better! So we try and try again.

GENE

Gene,

I got to visit Jamaica Bay for the first time today. I'm from Indianapolis, but am visiting my cousin in Brooklyn. I left the 500 at home, so had a 70-200 plus 2X TC... Kinda frustrating actually. Anyway, are these from the nest that is visible from the highway (my assumption) or from the next visible from the west trail?

I was really thrilled to bird this area today. I added no less than five lifers today, which hasn't happened in quite sometime--American oystercatcher, Black Skimmer, Boat Tailed Grackle, Gull-billed Tern, and the lowly fish crow. I've done almost all of my birding in Indiana, so we of course miss out on these coastal species!

Great series and thanks for sharing.

Ryan

KINGOFKNGS wrote:
Gene,

I got to visit Jamaica Bay for the first time today. I'm from Indianapolis, but am visiting my cousin in Brooklyn. I left the 500 at home, so had a 70-200 plus 2X TC... Kinda frustrating actually. Anyway, are these from the nest that is visible from the highway (my assumption) or from the next visible from the west trail?

I was really thrilled to bird this area today. I added no less than five lifers today, which hasn't happened in quite sometime--American oystercatcher, Black Skimmer, Boat Tailed Grackle, Gull-billed Tern, and the lowly fish crow. I've done almost all of my birding in Indiana, so we of course miss out on these coastal species!

Great series and thanks for sharing.

Ryan

Thanks for viewing and welcome to Brooklyn, Ryan!! Your assumption was correct. Other areas to view osprey locally are Steppingstone Park in Great Neck, and behind the library on Bayview Avenue in Great Neck, Long Island. If you need directions you can E-Mail me. Glad to hear that you added five lifers to your collection. Maybe you can post them on the Forum. Have fun on the South and North shores of Long Island!!

GENE

1. Steppingstone Park, Great Neck.

2. Library, Great Neck.