Deborah Pearse, Taking Flight (ANIMAL & NATURE 2022)

My grandchildren named these two fledgling Osprey Baby Sunshine and Finn. We watched them grow from tiny chicks screaming for food in the nest to fledging. A vulnerable time for young birds learning to fish and be self sufficient but both of them survived.

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