Returning to the nest

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

 

Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA

 

Habitat : Lakes and Ponds

Food : Fish

Nesting : Tree

Behavior : Aerial Dive

Conservation : Low Concern

 

"Unique among North American raptors for its diet of live fish and ability to dive into water to catch them, Ospreys are common sights soaring over shorelines, patrolling waterways, and standing on their huge stick nests, white heads gleaming. These large, rangy hawks do well around humans and have rebounded in numbers following the ban on the pesticide DDT. Hunting Ospreys are a picture of concentration, diving with feet outstretched and yellow eyes sighting straight along their talons."

- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology

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