Birding by Car

I have recently been plagued with knee pain resulting from a series of falls in the last month, which has made going on a bird walk of any distance impossible.  For the last two days we have resorted to birding by car. The justification is that we are doing a survey of Osprey nests. It's especially appropriate because this is the time of year that Osprey return North to breed, nest, and raise their young. 

Yesterday, March 19th, we found our FOY (First of the Year) Osprey in the Cottonwood trees along the Rickreall Creek Trail System in the Roger Jordan Community Park Section next to the Dallas Aquatic Center.

Today, March 20th, after checking seven different locations, we found this pair on a nest along Buena Vista Rd, south of Independence. The female is deep down in the nest, and her male is on a pole just across the road.