Pandion haliaetus (Osprey)

IUCN Status: Least Concern

There are multiple breeding pairs of osprey around Hervey Bay. I believe this is the female of the pair as they are generally bulkier, and have more speckled chests. She caught a fish (tentatively identified as a Happy Moment) and was sitting on the rocks about 100m from the nest easting it.
As I approached to get a better shot she looked up . Her posture seemed tensed as through ready to take to the air. I settled in spot and watched her consume the catch, surprised she wasn’t taking it back to the nest to be shared with the young. Then the male started calling to her from the nest, and her posture tensed again, and she looked at the nest. This calling continued for another couple of minutes and then she took off and brought the catch to the nest.

Anthropomorphising the behaviour of wild animals is almost always a mistake. Yet our brains are so eager to do so. I could see the guilt and nervousness in the manner of the female. The call of the male conveyed the wrong and hurt of her of not sharing the food. Probably neither is true.