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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Hello Tweeters, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Bill and I were at the Northern Pacific Ponds near Cle Elum this morning. As many of you will know, there is an Osprey nesting platform high on the hill above the ponds, right next to I-90. In fact, you can see the platform as you drive east on I-90. Two days ago, we had driven past the platform and seen nothing. Today we actually went to the ponds, despite the rain. While we were there, at least 3 and possibly 4 Ospreys flew in from the east, calling and flying around over the ponds. Finally, two landed on the nesting platform and copulated. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> So we might have actually seen these birds arriving from the south. What I wondered was if Ospreys waited until they arrived at their nesting site to copulate? It makes sense, I suppose. Bill got pictures of what I think might be a male and female Osprey and then the copulation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720307399465">https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720307399465</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>I’d be curious to know if Osprey do wait until they arrive at a nest location to copulate. Thanks, Charlotte Byers, Edmonds<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>