Mini visits nest!

16 September 2023

There are only a few birds that would bring me out of vacation and one of those is Mini.

‘H’ spotted her on the nest at 1246! I thought everyone would want to know that she is still at Patchogue. It looks like the outer bands of Hurricane Lee are causing it to be quite windy in the area. She was holding on to the nest good and tight.

She was on the nest for about ten minutes, until 1255 before flying off. It is not known if any other family members are still in the area but, I suspect that Dad is there. He was too good to this family to leave Mini.

Thanks to ‘H’ for the alert and to PSEG for the streaming cam so we can continue to see this amazing fledgling.

Take care everyone.

Published by maryannsteggles

I went to the UK as a Commonwealth Scholar in 1990 and received my PhD from the University of Leicester in 1993. After three decades of university teaching, I retired to devote my time to the study of raptor behaviour. I am particularly interested in Ospreys and am working on a long term project on third hatch survival and siblicide in these raptors. My blog is a result of a fascination with my local wildlife and the desire to encourage others to love and care for birds! I live on the Canadian Prairies and prior to the pandemic travelled a lot. I am questioning the use of aviation fuel at the moment as we all strive to help our planet. My early research was in politics and art including British public statues exported to Southeast Asia and Vietnam Resistors that contributed much to Canadian ceramics. Books and articles were published on those subjects over a period of 3 decades. Now I am working on books for children so they can learn about the challenges our raptors face.

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  1. Linda Kontol says:
    11 thAmerica/Winnipeg-05:0030America/Winnipeg09bAmerica/WinnipegSat, 16 Sep 2023 17:16:40 -0500 2021 at 17:16

    Oh wow! Thank you Mary Ann for all the pics and info! It is so good to see Mini come to the nest and she looked good too! It was very windy and hope Dad is still with her if the others have left. Wishing them safe travels and good luck !
    Thanks again! Linda

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