Perhaps the osprey that have not fledged are a second effort on the part of the parents. They could have lost their first clutch for any number of reasons not to be known, or they may have lost the nest in an early storm, or or or. It soulds good that they are close to fledging, though it takes quite a while for them to learn to become successful hunters. Keep an eye on them and watch to see what happens. It is cool now but ice over is a ways off, I surely do hope. Watching the natural challenges is never boring. Chase
On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 12:09 PM Brian Tennessen <brian.tennes...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks all for the responses on the Osprey and the red fish. The > prevailing opinion / wisdom is this is either a koi or goldfish that has > made its way out into the world at large. From the responses, this is more > common than I would have imagined. > > Jim Levitt who is a DNR fisheries biologist is one who responded to me, I > will paste his response here since it looks like he didn't respond to the > whole group and I find it interesting..(he has given me permission to share > his response) > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Brian, > I am pretty sure that it is carrying a goldfish or koi. They are present in > a lot of our lakes and ponds in the metro. I am a DNR fisheries biologist > and get the emails about goldfish and koi frequently and we see them in our > netting surveys. Natural selection doesn't favor the brightly colored fish > with predators like Osprey around! > > Jim Levitt > > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 10:58 PM Brian Tennessen <brian.tennes...@gmail.com > > > wrote: > > > I posted this photo that I took tonight, seen flying over Crosby Farm > Park > > in Ramsey county ~5 pm, an Osprey with a very red fish, or at least the > > back half of the fish. > > > > https://flic.kr/p/2jDaW2r > > > > I am curious as to whether anyone has thoughts on what this red fish > would > > be? We see there is a Minnesota fish called a bigmouth buffalo, but that > > fish doesn’t seem to be as red as what this Osprey is carrying. > > > > Maybe it is a koi that ended up in the wild? That’s another possibility > > we’ve thought of? > > > > If anyone has thoughts on this, we’d be interested to hear! > > > > Thanks, > > > > Brian T. > > St. Paul MN > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
