Wednesday Walk in Search of Osprey

This post if for Wednesday walk challenge And Make me Smile Collaboration challenge, initially our collaboration was once a month but due to the popularity of it we have decided to make the collab a weekly thing :)

Any questions about the challenge read the guide at the Bottom of the post ;)

The walk I am sharing today is when I went out at about 8 Am in search of the Local Osprey, I knew of two nests and wanted to check them out and see if I could catch any shots of them, whether i succeeded or not you will have to read the whole post to find out :)

Now these shots are not in the order I took them, as I had my big lens on the camera initially and with it in my backpack I didn't take any shots while walking to where I knew one of the nests was, but on the walk back I switch to my 28-75mm Lens for a few shots, and I am sharing them in the order which I think make smore sense for this post.

So this first shot is looking back along the road that runs by the Hurricane Barrier wall, which I walked out on heading to one of the nests

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and this is where I was heading thats Palmers island, and I had heard there was a nest on the island so thats my destination

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and a bit closer to the island, the tied was low so I was able to cross to the island without getting my feet wet

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I did explore the island a little and took a few shots which I will share in another post, but focusing on the walk tot he Osprey Nest, I walked around this beach on the outskirts of the Island which took me around to the nest and the Lighthouse ( also for another post)

As I mentioned i took these shots as I was walking back off hte Island and passed this couple walking around the island

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And here we have the osprey nest near the lighthouse, and as you can see no Osprey in sight, I do not know if they were out hunting or hadn't returned to this nest yet, I did watch for them for a while but didn't see them

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Now finishing this post with the first photo I actually took on the walk, a pair of Osprey sitting on a nest that is out on the water just off the Harbor Walk, I did stay and watch them for a bit hoping at least one of them would take off and fly or even better catch some fish, but they seemed pretty content sittign there on the nest, but I will be returning to both nests in the future and hoping for more and better shots of them

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Weekly giveaway of shares

This week I am sending to the following who joined Wednesday Walk, for this week I did a random draw and the following each received some Hive @dimacastillo90, @traciyork @steven-patrick, @ph102, @hoosie and @eddwood

And @elizacheng will send to @sketch.and.jam

As @elizacheng and I collaborated with our Wednesday Walk and Make me Smile Challenges

And one person is randomly drawn who joins both challenges to receive one Hive from me and this week it is @TBA

Wednesday Walk is a challenge started by me, the idea is to get out for a short walk and get some shots of what you can see within a short distance of your home office or wherever you start. And this is my entry for this week, but first, let me explain the challenge.

This is my post for the Wednesday Walk challenge hosted by myself, let me first explain the guidelines

Try and get out once a week for a short walk, can be from your office, home or anywhere really and walk for a few blocks or a few minutes looking for things to get shots of.

Your walk does not have to be on a Wednesday I just ask if possible to share your walk photos on a Wednesday.

Try and get a few shots not just one

Add a bit of a write up about where you walked

Just one Wednesday Walk tagged post a week

You can look for anything in general or decide on one subject you want to get shots off.

Make a point of looking around and up and see what you can find to get shots of that otherwise you may miss

Do a post with the shots you get on a Wednesday and tag it with #wednesdaywalk, also if you happen to join, please leave a link to your post in a comment on this post and I will try and visit them all, especially if its not one of the first 5 tags or I may miss seeing it .

Following me and re-Hiving the post so more see it would be appreciated but isn't a rule just a suggestion.

I am not strict on these rules and hence why they are called guidelines and not rules

I will try and visit, and upvote all who take part in the Wednesday Walk.

Make me Smile Collaboration

As I mentioned above Wednesday Walk is collaborating with the [Make Me Smile] hosted by @elizacheng,

Here are the rules for her challenge

Your post can be writing, singing, video, poem,drawing, photography etc.... the most important part is your post Make me" smile, Remember, the ME is whoever read/view/listen to your post and this includes YOURSELF.
b. Your content must be ORIGINAL CONTENT
c. Please include at least 50 Words in your post