Bald eagle snatches Osprey fledge from the nest as Opreycam records it!
Amazing footage. Three osprey fledges in the nest, and out of the fog, a bald eagle appears going hell for leather right for the nest (pretty spooky) with a parent Osprey in hot pursuit...all three fledges react differently.
One sees the threat and jumps out of the nest before he is ready to fly...he lives.
One hunkers down in the back of the nest...he lives.
One just stands on the edge of the nest watching it fly in...he gets snatched up by the eagle...he dies.
Astonishing footage.
Happens so fast you really don’t know what you are seeing.
I am also up in ME. Taking a week on the Kennebec. Off shore from the cabin is a large buoy. On the top is an osprey nest, well tended with juveniles still present. A bald eagle learned that the ospreys were seriously on-guard the other day and has not been back.
The cormarants, gulls and terns all keep it interesting.