Osprey (Sea Hawk)
by neeko on Dec.11, 2009, under Casual Friday, Photography
I love the osprey. We have quite a few around here in South West Florida.
Not to be confused with Sea-Eagles, the North American Osprey is a large bird of prey. It’s wing span stretches 6 feet and its body averages 24 inches in length. It’s diet consists entirely of fish, which it catches by dive bombing from high altitudes and grabbing hold of with its extremely long hooked talons.
I was out on Keewadin, kayaking one morning, when this osprey caught a whiting right in front of me.
It let me get close enough to get this shot. But then flew over to another tree when it had enough of me.
Thankfully the next tree, where it started to eat the fish, was still in my line of sight. I was able to snap a few more shots before it took its meal into the estuary.
December 11th, 2009 on 7:31 pm
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