by fladogfan » Wed Mar 22, 2017 6:03 pm
I don't know flower, we will keep watching and see what happens. On an osprey nest last year the female came back (my memory is fuzzy on this ) but the male didn't return. Another younger male started bringing her fish. I can't remember if she laid eggs or not, but there were no chicks raised on that nest last year. Everyone is hoping they will both return and be able to raise a nest full of baby ospreys.
BR and EZ had been seen mating already and they have been busy rehabbing the nest. There are other red tail hawks in the area so it's possible another male might help out. But if the eggs BR lays are not his he could destroy them. We saw that happen on another osprey nest. Kicked them out of the nest. This is where the memory is fuzzy, seems like it was that osprey nest with the new male, but not sure I have the nest correct.
My favorite memory of Ezra is when Big Red made him get off the nest during a heavy down pour. He did under protest and then proceeded to cover BR and the chicks as well as he could with his wings.
I think BR probably knew EZ had been hurt , but she probably didn't see his dead body, so doesn't know what happened after the humans took him away. This is nature and we learn so much from the various cams watching wild life, but still...when bad things happen it is sad.
All my children have four feet and fur.