Birds of the Massachusetts Coast

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"Hudson to Base: 'I have a fish!'” -- This Osprey is one of three nesting on the Westport river fitted with a transmitter in the spring of 2009 (his nest is W3). Named Hudson by a sponsor of the transmitter project, he has been tracked ever since. He had been banded by Gil Fernandez (bander of Westport Ospreys from 1963 to 1999) as a juvenile in 1996, making him 13 years old. On our outing in June, we were fortunate to find Hudson on his nest, since females tend to do most of the incubating.
Copyright © 2009 John Van de Graaff

"Hudson to Base: 'I have a fish!'” -- This Osprey is one of three nesting on the Westport river fitted with a transmitter in the spring of 2009 (his nest is W3). Named Hudson by a sponsor of the transmitter project, he has been tracked ever since. He had been banded by Gil Fernandez (bander of Westport Ospreys from 1963 to 1999) as a juvenile in 1996, making him 13 years old. On our outing in June, we were fortunate to find Hudson on his nest, since females tend to do most of the incubating.

Bird Photographs by John Van de Graaff