A nest on high

Only after I finished the Wellington Point trail, did I notice a tower on the opposite side of the road. It stretched up for about one hundred metres, and bent over a jumble of twigs perched an osprey.

Alberta’s Birds of Prey Sanctuary, Coaldale

Harrier hawk – Photo courtesy: Bernard Dupont – wikimedia.org

There is something magnetic about birds of prey. When I read about a foundation that released injured birds into the wild once they recovered, I knew this was somewhere I wanted to explore.