Attention Photographers: The Annual Iconic "You Can Stop Taking Pictures of Ospreys Now I've Got It" Photograph Is Posted

I don't know how I do it, but once again this year at Brig, I took out my camera, pointed it at an Osprey and took the only photograph anyone will ever need of this bird for the remainder of the year if not the decade. It's got everything you'd want in any Osprey photograph: beak, feathers, sticks in nest. So if any photographers are thinking of going to Brig and clogging up the Wildlife Drive waiting for the light to be just right and the bird to be in just the right pose there's no need for you to do that you can go to the ocean and photograph sunrises. No need to thank me.

It was a weird mix of weather for Shari & me there today. We weren't expecting the gale force winds that had her laughing as I ventured out of the car to take my public service picture and was barely able to stay on my feet. After a cloudy start, the sun came out and we had a sun shower, then sleet, snow, and finally back to sun.

Considering the gusty conditions we did all right, managing 39 species. There are a few birds marked "heard" which is probably the most remarkable aspect of the list, considering the banshee-like winds.
Snow Goose 500
Brant 400
Canada Goose 67 pairs all over
Mute Swan 18
Mallard 40
American Black Duck 105
Northern Pintail 7
Green-winged Teal 35
Ring-necked Duck 8
Bufflehead 8
Hooded Merganser 12
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Red-throated Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 20
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 2 Setting up on platform, north dike
Northern Harrier 2
American Coot 1 Gull Pond
Dunlin 175
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 100
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Mourning Dove 1 Heard
Blue Jay 1 Heard
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 1 Heard
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Gray Catbird 1 Entrance Pond
White-throated Sparrow 5
Savannah Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich) 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 1 Feeder
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Boat-tailed Grackle 1 North dike with RWBL
House Finch 1 Heard
American Goldfinch 5

Bonus photograph, with Osprey on right displaying its attitude toward photographers: