My neighbor called to say that she could see two osprey babies in the nest and invited me over to stand on her upper deck so that I could see them better than from the ground. Of course, when I got there, they scrunched down so that I couldn't get a good pic. A couple of days prior, I'd gone over to get some photos from ground level. When the dad saw me, he ruffled up his feathers and dove off the nest, seemingly right for me!! Yikes! Like a good soldier, I just kept snapping photos and he swerved up into the sky instead. Whew!
This first photo is mom and dad on the nest with the babies out of sight. The dad decided that I was an intruder! You can see that look in his eyes (he is on the left).