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Russ Place photographed ospreys at a nest in Hudson.

Russ Place photographed a pair of nest building ospreys in Hudson. Russ describes the challenges the brids have faced in the last few years, with multiple damaged or lost nests in heavy winds, and most recently the loss of the entire tree they had previously nested in. These photos show the pair rebuilding in a new tree, though Russ explains that each time they took off for more materials, some of the sticks would fall into the pond.

Russ also photographed a red-tailed hawk in a nest, also in Hudson, which he hopes to follow as the season progresses.

Raj Das photographed a black-capped chickadee, an osprey, a red-bellied woodpecker, and a white-breasted nuthatch at Farm Pond in Framingham.

Russ Place photographed ospreys at their nests in Clinton and Hudson and a cedar waxwing.

 

Russ Place photographed ospreys at two nests, one in Hudson and one in Clinton.

 

Russ Place photographed this osprey nest in Hudson.

 

Garry Kessler writes about ospreys, and other plants and animals in and around our local swamps, in his latest Westborough Patch blog entry, In Our Backyard: Osprey Activities.

 

Russ Place photographed this osprey and great blue heron at a nest in Hudson.  Russ took a series of photos of an osprey nest at this location last year, and noted that it had blown down since the fledging of last year's chicks.  The osprey had since rebuilt the nest, and as Russ relates, was clearly not very happy with a great blue heron that decided to land in it during the process.

 

Russ Place photographed these ospreys at their nest in Hudson.  Russ said it is the first time he's been able to see the young osprey in the nest.  See several other sets of Russ' photos from the nest, dating back to April 30, on our Osprey page.

Russ Place photographed these ospreys at their nest in Hudson.

Russ Place photographed these ospreys at their nest in Hudson.

Russ Place photographed these ospreys in Hudson.

Russ Place photographed these ospreys in Hudson.

 

Doug Johnson photographed a great blue heron and an osprey at the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge's Puffer Pond in Maynard.

 Russ Place photographed these ospreys at their nest in Hudson.

Craig Smith photographed the following birds during a visit to the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard: double-crested cormorant, eastern kingbird, great blue heron, mallards, northern rough-winged swallow, osprey and wood duck.

Craig Smith photographed the following wildlife at the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord:

osprey, pied-billed grebe, American coots, snapping turtle, beaver, mute swan chasing a Canada goose, great blue heron, red-winged blackbird, and a Canada goose.

Ben Clark photographed this osprey with a fish in Acton.