We make regular trips to the Crooked River, so as a reader of this blog you get to hear about this spot frequently. There’s repetition to these visits, but we attempt to post about the parts that are different.
This week we shared our picnic spot with an Osprey. Well to be clear, he was on the opposite side of the stream but that is still very close. The old juniper snag he perched in stood on the river’s bank maybe 60 or 70 feet away … close.
Basically the odds are against the fish. William Shakespeare, in Croriolanus refers to a medieval belief that fish were mesmerized by the bird and turn their bellies up.
Eagles, a larger bird, are known to attack Osprey hoping to get them to drop the catch.
We witnessed an eagle osprey encounter but it didn’t seem to result in the eagle getting anything more than the run around. Osprey are very agile fliers.
Stream banks, the riparian, host a wide variety of creatures and it just takes quiet moments of observation to open a trove of plant, animal and insect life.
The water feeds more than hay fields miles down river or the aquatic life contained in the flow. Every trip to the river is a unique experience … and we love it.
Perfect day on the river… even if you weren’t the one catching fish!
Found a spot that this Osprey pair seem to frequent and now are getting treated to all kinds of water fowl floating by. Would like to catch fish but this is almost better. js