{"id":2004,"date":"2011-07-15T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2011-07-14T21:04:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T01:04:15","slug":"momma-feeding-her-chicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/momma-feeding-her-chicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Momma Feeding Her Chicks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Osprey Chick Calling for Food<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had the opportunity to return to the Osprey nest this week. The chicks are getting close to taking flight. Their wings are now fully developed. No more wholes created by not enough feathers. <\/p>\n

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Osprey Chick with Mouthful of Fish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the things I like about visiting this nest is that it is very peaceful. Most of you have heard this before but wildlife photography affords you a lot of time to think as you sit and wait for something to happen (it doesn’t always). This time however I was able to capture something new to me. The female Osprey feeding her young.<\/p>\n

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Pappa Osprey Keeping Watch Over Nest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All this occurred while dad kept a watchful eye over me!<\/p>\n

Images captured by Nikon D700, 600 f\/4 w\/ 1.4 TCe-II on Lexar Digital Film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had the opportunity to return to the Osprey nest this week. The chicks are getting close to taking flight. Their wings are now fully developed. No more wholes created by not enough feathers. One of the things I like about visiting this nest is that it is very peaceful. Most of you have heard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t