Osprey KL9, DAY 6

I found Osprey KL9 at the Dos Pinos reservoir again this morning! On my arrival at the site, the juvenile bird was feasting on a freshly-caught fish...so I had missed the actual catching yet again: must get there earlier next time.

Juvenile Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with a recently-caught Tilapia

Perhaps the bird's soaring southbound flight the day before had been a practice run, to see what lies over the horizon further south; perhaps it didn't like the prospect, or decided conditions were unsuitable for long-distance travel; or maybe it opted for further calory-intake. Who knows? 

After its meal, the visiting Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) tried to make itself comfortable on the perimeter fence.

But it wasn't long before it left the fence in favour of a utility pole outside the reservoir to the west, in the area where I had found the bird on Sep 20. Photos were now into the sun, taken just for the record.

Monitoring will continue.