Hawk eyes....

Before we went down onto the beach on Sunday to take photos of the Telstra Triathlon Series we climbed one of the lookout points to get a bit of an overall view..we weren't the only ones surveying the scene. From high up (25/30mtrs) on a communications pole this  pair of adult Osprey were watching also. Sorry about the quality of the pictures, I hadn't expected to see them and was quite unprepared lens wise. I did go back yesterday, tripod and long lens to the ready, but just to be awkward, the hawks were a no show! I have decided though that this is definitely a project in progress, I will get a clear, close up of them no matter how long it takes, watch this space.....!

It fascinates me that they build their huge nests quite often out in the open atop communication and electricity poles, where as well as the threat of airborne predators there's also the risk of electrocution from shorting circuits in stormy weather, talk about living life on the edge!! This is the outlook that we had from our not quite so high, but high enough viewpoint, so many bikes, so much enthusiastic energy, so many photos to be taken. Is anyone else having probs with blogger, I seem to have had a couple of hiccups with thumbnail images not updating etc. and had my first spam intrusions, how weird is that! C'est la vie, not serious, just annoying oui! Happy mid-week, take care.....