bird update

the "hawk" nest I've been watching over the past several years is actually the home to (from Wikipedia):
an "Osprey..., sometimes known as the sea hawk or fish eagle..., a fish-eating bird of prey."

When we stopped to watch them yesterday, a real bird guy stopped and gave us a short bird lesson. What was really cool is that just after he said there was one chick in the nest (I've seen one of the adults feeding it a few times, but I hadn't seen the chick), the little (actually Big) guy stood up and started flapping it's wings, practicing for it's first flight from the nest. We were quietly cheering it on..."do it...do it..."