{"id":74750,"date":"2014-06-02T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=c053929cf614c7e21bde13898e37d568"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:59:50","slug":"ospreys-mating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/ospreys-mating\/","title":{"rendered":"Ospreys Mating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This osprey nest platform is at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, New Jersey. The female on the nest is in a crouched and open-winged posture soliciting copulation. The male is approaching, ready to comply. Watch the video below to see what happens next.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1610px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-d-wd7SB5xZQ\/U4Kb6EU0ALI\/AAAAAAAABrI\/Vu9SXC2xkxE\/s1600\/osprey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/glide\/image\/fetch\/http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-wd7SB5xZQ%2FU4Kb6EU0ALI%2FAAAAAAAABrI%2FVu9SXC2xkxE%2Fs1600%2Fosprey?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/glide\/image\/fetch\/http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-wd7SB5xZQ%2FU4Kb6EU0ALI%2FAAAAAAAABrI%2FVu9SXC2xkxE%2Fs1600%2Fosprey?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/glide\/image\/fetch\/http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-wd7SB5xZQ%2FU4Kb6EU0ALI%2FAAAAAAAABrI%2FVu9SXC2xkxE%2Fs1600%2Fosprey?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/glide\/image\/fetch\/http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-wd7SB5xZQ%2FU4Kb6EU0ALI%2FAAAAAAAABrI%2FVu9SXC2xkxE%2Fs1600%2Fosprey?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/glide\/image\/fetch\/http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-wd7SB5xZQ%2FU4Kb6EU0ALI%2FAAAAAAAABrI%2FVu9SXC2xkxE%2Fs1600%2Fosprey?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/glide\/image\/fetch\/http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-wd7SB5xZQ%2FU4Kb6EU0ALI%2FAAAAAAAABrI%2FVu9SXC2xkxE%2Fs1600%2Fosprey?ssl=1&amp;w=500&amp;resize=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/glide\/image\/fetch\/http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-wd7SB5xZQ%2FU4Kb6EU0ALI%2FAAAAAAAABrI%2FVu9SXC2xkxE%2Fs1600%2Fosprey?ssl=1&amp;w=640&amp;resize=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/glide\/image\/fetch\/http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-wd7SB5xZQ%2FU4Kb6EU0ALI%2FAAAAAAAABrI%2FVu9SXC2xkxE%2Fs1600%2Fosprey?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/glide\/image\/fetch\/http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-wd7SB5xZQ%2FU4Kb6EU0ALI%2FAAAAAAAABrI%2FVu9SXC2xkxE%2Fs1600%2Fosprey?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/glide\/image\/fetch\/http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-wd7SB5xZQ%2FU4Kb6EU0ALI%2FAAAAAAAABrI%2FVu9SXC2xkxE%2Fs1600%2Fosprey?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/glide\/image\/fetch\/http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-wd7SB5xZQ%2FU4Kb6EU0ALI%2FAAAAAAAABrI%2FVu9SXC2xkxE%2Fs1600%2Fosprey?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/glide\/image\/fetch\/http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-wd7SB5xZQ%2FU4Kb6EU0ALI%2FAAAAAAAABrI%2FVu9SXC2xkxE%2Fs1600%2Fosprey?ssl=1\" width=\"1600\" border=\"0\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">A pair of osprey, Pandion haliaetus.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"613\" height=\"345\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ybfUMrHlU8c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This osprey nest platform is at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, New Jersey. The female on the nest is in a crouched and open-winged posture soliciting copulation. The male is approaching, ready to comply. 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