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stopped by the nest at the Dunn Lumber location in Lynnwood to check it out... not as good a spot as the one on Riverside Avenue in Everett, but not bad... saw two adults and two juveniles, the latter looked about 3 weeks from leaving home. Wasn't able to get any clear shots of them, but did manage some of one of the adults...
jumping off from the "guard tower" tree headed for the nest...
I love the detail in these shots. Not a bad vantage point. Something has caught my eye in these images, Rocky. There seems to be a blueish/ purple hue, most noticeable in the sky in the top pic along with being present on the body of the osprey, in the wings on every pic. I also see it on the right hand corner of the nest platform in every pic. Did this come out of the production mix or was this the effect of an exceptional sunset? Either way, nice shots and probably can be worked out nicely in editing.
thanks Chad. as you can probably tell, the sun was not on the bird or the nest (these were shot about 7:30, and the sun was too low to light the nest pole), so the bluish hue is probably the result of a quick edit to bring out shadow detail and brighten the image. had i gotten these earlier in the afternoon, with sun on the bird, that wouldn't be present. i also had the white balance set to auto, rather than my usual cloudy setting, so these are a little "cooler"...
Are you sure there are two juvies in the nest? I only saw one when I was there last week. The osprey in the nest that is visible in photo #3 is an adult as evidenced by the yellow eye. Juvies have red eyes.
pretty sure i saw a total of 3 in the nest, and one was an adult... the youngsters are still pretty mottled, though they do have the adult markings on their heads.
