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Long Island, NY
Ospreys have vision that is well adapted to detecting objects underwater from the air. Prey is first sighted when the osprey is 33-131 feet (10-40 m) above the water, after which the bird hovers momentarily and then plunges feet first into the water. As an osprey dives it adjusts the angle of its flight to account for the distortion of the fish's image caused by refraction.
Managing to gaze into the open eyes of a snowy in daylight can be difficult, at best. Their sensitive retinas leave them squinting throughout most of the day… that is when they are not actually sleeping. But in the minutes before sunrise, when its rays lazily find their way above the horizon, the beaches and bays are eerily blue and the golden iris of the snowy glows with pupils as large as saucers. It takes luck! Luck finding a bird in a suitable place, luck having a cloudless sunrise, and luck finding an owl motionless enough to allow for a photograph in such low light. As luck would have it, we were -- quite lucky. It was a brief but memorable moment at twilight dawn, indeed. #SnowyOwls
Watching its surroundings "like a hawk" next to runway 10L at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Int'l Airport (FLL).
I've been watching Barn owls in this area for a few years now, not sure if it's the same breeding pair, however at least nine owlets have been produced. I think this male is taking breakfast back to his offspring waiting in a Turkey Oak which is used for breeding and roosting. My favourite bird. :)
Notice the shiny, defined, sharp, and dynamic feathers of the Osprey… 🐦
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f/2.8, 1/500 sec, ISO-1000, 400mm
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It has been ages since last time I photographed A Red-tailed Hawk, but today I was fortunate to see and photograph one of them!
What a beauty!!
You’ll most likely see Red-tailed Hawks soaring in wide circles high over a field. When flapping, their wingbeats are heavy. In high winds they may face into the wind and hover without flapping, eyes fixed on the ground. They attack in a slow, controlled dive with legs outstretched – much different from a falcon’s stoop.