Date: 4/16/25 7:38 pm From: Elizabeth Shores <efshores...> Subject: Re: Osprey in Maumelle
It has been fishing in the ponds on the nearby golf course, too.
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> On Apr 16, 2025, at 8:06 PM, Karen Holliday <ladyhawke1...> wrote:
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> We live on Lake Willastein, a small lake in Maumelle. This afternoon, I happened to look out our big bay window into our backyard and the green space behind our house. I watched as a very large Osprey flew into the top of one of the taller trees, which has a dead top (presumably from a lighting strike). I watched it for a few minutes then called Ray to come see it too.
> We had a great time watching the Osprey eat the fish it had caught. The Osprey spent over 10 minutes pulling the fish apart and eating pieces, some which it dropped. A couple of dropped pieces were fins and a tail, which it didn't care to eat. It also didn't eat the head. Ray identified the fish as good-sized bass.
> We are close enough to the Arkansas River that Bald Eagles and Osprey show up periodically to hunt our lake. It's not often you can include an Osprey as a yard bird!
> Karen Holliday
> Maumelle
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