Bad news: This is Harriet on June 27. Alone. No Ozzy. No nestlings. She comes to the nest every now and then, “begs” for attention awhile, and then departs when she attracts none. Ever since the raids by a rogue male osprey that I reported on last month, the occupancy of the nest has been sporadic and only by Harriet.
Harriet should be tending one to three well-developed nestlings by now, as she has had for many years. Here she is (or at least the female we called Harriet) and one of her three nestlings last year:
As reported last month, Ozzie nearly killed the invading male, but Ozzie may have been seriously wounded, himself, without me seeing it. We can hope that Ozzie returns and I’ll keep an eye on the nest, but the Ozzie and Harriet sitcom this year may turn out to be a dark tragedy. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on June 27, 2025, and July 1, 2024.)