Poor Xavier, lost out! He looked amazed that a full Diamond would take his meal, lol. Just love these 2, out of all the nests I watch, these are my favorites by far. Such love!
I wonder if it's been confirmed that the chick was killed or maybe the Goshawk abandoned the attack after going over the edge and the parent coming after it? This has been a really really bad season for Ospreys globally. Goshawks are relentless killing machines afraid of nothing.
Did the Osprey mother just go back to sleep while it's baby was being killed? I don't know much about birds, so I'm not sure if that was the mother or what, just curious.
I think the parents were brave protecting the young. One of them even did a lethal blow to the predator, but unfortunately the predator had its talons firmly in the baby and had to wait for gravity to do its thing. I wonder what happened after both predator and baby fell from the nest and parent went after it. Both parents flew so fast it was hard to see even at the slowest speed. 😢
@Stellvia Hoenheim ... what! Did you never see Alfred Hitchcock's the birds or talkin roosters? ''You must be standing in a hole boy. Everything I say goes Zoom, right over your head.” Foghorn Leghorn
