Coffee with an Osprey.

Jul 7, 2004
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Hunter 30T Cheney, KS
Is that the sound of an Osprey? I've seen them but never heard them. I watched a few diving for fish on our Destin FL vacation. I see them on occasion in our marina.
 
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Oct 22, 2014
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Sounded like the Osprey was either calling for reinforcements or complaining about the too big duck like swimming thing in his/her pond.
 
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TomY

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Jun 22, 2004
2,758
Alden 38' Challenger yawl Rockport Harbor
Immature loon?

-Will (Dragonfly)
That is a Black Guillemot. The little relatives to the Puffin are common on our coast. They are lovely little birds that dive for food and quietly cruise around the coastline, minding their own business. This one I believe was donning it's pre winter plumage (photo from late September).
Guillimot close 2.jpg

We're used to seeing them in their summer best:
Black Guillemot.jpeg


By late October, they reverse their color scheme:
Black Guillemot winter.jpeg


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TomY

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Jun 22, 2004
2,758
Alden 38' Challenger yawl Rockport Harbor
Sailing is the perfect complement to bird watching, don't you think?

Engines especially, but any man made sound repels wildlife. More than once I've had to veer off under sail to avoid hitting the back of a seals head scanning the horizon. Under power, they watch you approach and sound early.

Birds too allow you a smaller zone to approach if you're under sail. The same happens to rowers or paddlers. There is something more natural, perhaps imprinted in nature over a vast amount of time?

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Oct 22, 2014
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CAL 35 Cruiser #21 moored EVERETT WA
So true @TomY . There is a more One with nature as the wind fills the sails and starts to carry you forward.
You have a sweet tongue for the word and a great eye for the visual. It will be rewarding to see what you develop in 2019!
 

TomY

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Jun 22, 2004
2,758
Alden 38' Challenger yawl Rockport Harbor
An anchored boat, if you're still enough, quickly becomes benign to wildlife.

Moored in that same spot, we had a Whitetail graze along the shore a few seasons ago. Paid no mind until the dogs spotted it,...
Whitetail deer.jpg
 

Tom J

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Sep 30, 2008
2,301
Catalina 310 Quincy, MA
Sailing is the perfect complement to bird watching, don't you think?

Engines especially, but any man made sound repels wildlife. More than once I've had to veer off under sail to avoid hitting the back of a seals head scanning the horizon. Under power, they watch you approach and sound early.

Birds too allow you a smaller zone to approach if you're under sail. The same happens to rowers or paddlers. There is something more natural, perhaps imprinted in nature over a vast amount of time?

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So true! Bird watching and whale watching. We usually go whale watching in large RIB's, and once the engines are off, the whales sometimes swim under the boat. Once, we were sailing on a Santa Cruz 50 on a whale watch when the the helms person had to veer sharply to avoid a surfacing whale. We actually sailed through the blow!
Most memorable was the day we were paddling our kayaks offshore, and a female whale and her calf surfaced less than 100' away. A little later, a pod of whales swam under the kayaks , and we heard whale song through the bottom of the kayaks.
 
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Jan 7, 2011
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Oday 322 East Chicago, IN
My wife and I started going to Maui each year I for a few weeks in February...in part to get out of the cold here in the Midwest. But also because it is whale watching season in Hawaii.

Really hard to get underwater video from the surface...

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Sure beats Chicago-land this time of year!

Greg
 
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Tom J

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Sep 30, 2008
2,301
Catalina 310 Quincy, MA
My wife and I started going to Maui each year I for a few weeks in February...in part to get out of the cold here in the Midwest. But also because it is whale watching season in Hawaii.

Really hard to get underwater video from the surface...

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Sure beats Chicago-land this time of year!

Greg
Great video, Greg! I love the whale song in the background. I agree that February is the best time to visit Maui, for the whales and because it's so friggin' cold on the mainland.
We always hope to get "mugged" on a whale watch. Free time on the ocean! For the people that haven't been on a whale watch, a mugging occurs when a whale surfaces less than 300' away from the boat. The boat has to shut down its engines and wait for the whale to move away. A two hour whale watch can stretch out to three hours or more.
 

Tom J

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Sep 30, 2008
2,301
Catalina 310 Quincy, MA
60 seconds at anchor, September dawn in Cabot Cove, Penobscot Bay.


https://player.vimeo.com/video/308675197

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The wife and I were relaxing in the cockpit one evening, anchored in a river off Chesapeake Bay, when a Bald Eagle flew down the port side, about 100' away and 10' off the water, from bow to stern. Off the stern, he (she) circled around and flew up the starboard side. Without missing a beat, he dropped his talons in the water, came up with a big fish, and continued on his way. Just one of many encounters with Nature on the water.
 
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Jun 24, 2014
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Westsail 28 72 Long Beach , California
I like Ospreys , from a distance . I wish mine would keep his . Coffee with my Osprey . I wouldn't recommend it , if I don't wash my boat down every day it dries like cement .<iframe width="729" height="410" src="
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Jun 14, 2010
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I like Ospreys , from a distance . I wish mine would keep his . Coffee with my Osprey . I wouldn't recommend it , if I don't wash my boat down every day it dries like cement .<iframe width="729" height="410" src="
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Amazing video. I didn’t know osprey could dive.