Ozzie and Harriet’s nest has remained unoccupied most of the time for the past two weeks. However, I’ve seen one of the juveniles in the nest several times when I went by and, at one of those times, she begged for food continuously, as you see here (sex assumed):
At that time, after about 10 minutes of pitiful screaming, the dutiful Ozzie appeared, dropped off a fish, and left – almost in one motion.:
The juvenile then grabbed the fish and flew away with it, apparently to dine in the shade of a favorite perch:
Perhaps this juvenile is the youngest of the three fledglings, the one we’ve been calling June. She can fly well, but she may not fish well yet. No one teaches ospreys to fish; they rely on instincts to begin a trial-and-error education in survival. They undergo many unsuccessful splash-ins, some of them comical. Lucky for June that she has an understanding dad. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on August 24, 2021.)