Pair of Osprey with a Fish

I came across this pair of osprey hanging out in a tree with a partially eaten fish. Osprey are super common around. It was the red of the fishes fins that caught my attention.

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JohnR

Lion

Great shot... i've never had any luck with ospreys so i am looking at this with rather green eyes! :) Posted 10 years ago

Meryl Green

Grizzly Bear

Thanks :). That's how I feel about other people's (wild) cat photos :P.

I didn't realize how widespread this species is. I get a lot of opportunities with osprey because one of the nearest trails I use goes around a very large lake, mostly right on the shore, so there are good reasons for the osprey to be there and they are a bit less shy around people than they are near other lakes/rivers just because they see so many of us. Posted 10 years ago

The Osprey

The osprey, also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor reaching more than 60 cm in length and 180 cm across the wings. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts.

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Similar species: Diurnal Birds Of Prey

Species identified by Meryl Green

By Meryl Green

Uploaded Feb 12, 2015. Captured Feb 11, 2015 14:44 in Lake Apopka Loop Trail, Apopka, FL 32703, USA.

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Canon EOS REBEL T3
f/8.0
1/400s
ISO100
250mm

Captured in the winter. More winter photos.