Osprey in Flight 2
by Priscilla Burgers
Title
Osprey in Flight 2
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
OSPREY IN FLIGHT 2 by PRISCILLA BURGERS
An osprey in flight gets ready to dive into Lake Mary, near Flagstaff, Arizona, for a fish. Soon after diving into the lake, he emerging with a large fish in his claws. The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), sometimes known as the fish eagle, sea hawk, river hawk, or fish hawk, is a fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 24 inches in length and 71 inches across the wings. It is brown on the upperparts and mainly greyish on the head and underparts.
The osprey tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. It is found on all continents except Antarctica, although in South America it occurs only as a non-breeding migrant.
As its other common names suggest, the osprey's diet consists almost exclusively of fish. It possesses specialized physical characteristics and exhibits unique behavior to assist in hunting and catching prey. As a result of these unique characteristics, it has been given its own taxonomic genus, Pandion and family, Pandionidae.
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August 11th, 2015
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Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in 500 Views Share Group & Shared :-)
Don Columbus
Congratulations Priscilla, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings"! I invite you to place it in the group's "2017 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet