Young Osprey has taken flight.....finally!

[Fotografer]

<b>Well finally after all these weeks the young osprey finally took off on 6-25-09 for the first time. Had to wait this one out for a few hours but it was obvious flight was about to happen. </b></p>
<p><b>Mama Osprey flew to a near by tower and called to her young. I could see the little guy pacing back and forth, squatting those legs like he wanted to jump.....then finally the big moment. I took so many photos while he was flying around my head, sometimes with in 30 feet. </b></p>
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<p><b>First leap off the nest......</b></p>
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<p><b>Loving the freedom off flight...all those months in that nest!!</b></p>
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<p><b>Man was he getting close to those power lines!!!!</b></p>
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<p><b>Trying to land near me on the top of the parking garage...but changed his mind.....</b></p>
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<p><b>A real close fly over right over m head...thought he was going to snatch my caamera!!</b></p>
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