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September 1, 2006
Friday Feathers
Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) are in a family all their own. It is the only raptor that plunges into water feet first to catch fish. Can hover for a few seconds before diving.
Carries fish in a head-first position for better aerodynamics. Often harrassed by Bald Eagles for its catch. In flight, wings are angled (cocked) backward.
Nests on man-made towers and in tall dead trees.
Cindy
Comments
What lovely pictures -- I just took the time to look over the summers crop of bird pictures and think they're great!
Thanks.
Brain matter deposited by: Al on September 1, 2006 12:09 PM
Thanks! :-)
Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on September 1, 2006 12:24 PM
oh my .....
Brain matter deposited by: zed on September 1, 2006 4:03 PM
Zoe - oh my... -- what? :-)
Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on September 2, 2006 9:12 AM
Aha - everything man-made is not necessarily evil!
My husband and a friend were boating recently and saw a bald eagle. I miss all the good stuff.
Brain matter deposited by: Kat on September 2, 2006 10:18 AM
No fair! I can never get my camera fired up in time to catch this sort of pic, but Mausi is much better at it than I am! Never mind, my abiding memory of these birds is in Africa as a teenager, when one stooped and took a very large carp almost alongside the small dinghy I was sailing at the time. He was a very large African Fish Eagle, black plumage with white head and chest and his "pantaloons" white as well. Magnificent birds!
Brain matter deposited by: The Gray Monk on September 6, 2006 8:41 AM