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After Rosie left, Richie took to perching more on cables, on the ROV or down lower on cables by the docks for ferries and barges behind the ROV. This is where he would spend the night. Sometimes he would be seen with a fish. A low key, restful time for him, with no responsibilities except to himself. He was not spotted on the sand spit as often as in previous years.
Without a close-up camera, viewers could not see when the two chicks left. One seemed to stay a bit longer and was seen perched with Richie for a while. We assume they both migrated but without banding we will never know for sure. At any rate their fledges were successful and they presumably are following the usual osprey pattern and will stay two years down south.