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Osprey
The osprey (Pandion haliaetus) — also called fish eagle, 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 (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly 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 specialised physical characteristics and exhibits unique behaviour 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. Four subspecies are usually recognized, one of which has recently been given full species status (see below). Despite its propensity to nest near water, the osprey is not classed as a sea eagle.
Nesting by Sisters Hope
photo: I diana lindhardt
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Leaps of preparations for Sisters Academy - The Takeover in Copenhagen
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March 22, 2020
Our two remaining Eastern bluebirds are very busy making their nest. They are occupying the same box from last year. I guess they like the location!
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Nesting by Sisters Hope
photo: I diana lindhardt
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Leaps of preparations for Sisters Academy - The Takeover in Copenhagen
Calls for residencies will open soon.
Nesting by Sisters Hope
photo: I diana lindhardt
Photographs are free to use with the credits as formulated above displayed visibly.
Leaps of preparations for Sisters Academy - The Takeover in Copenhagen
Calls for residencies will open soon.
Our second day in Cape Town we visited the southern-most region viewing an old lighthouse and then the penguin colony.
how long until the little grey fellows hatch ?
A blossom in the Spring in Surrey set.
Fabulous if you View On Black
Check out the same location in autumn.
> Single, handheld raw exposure. Post production: orton hint.
Kabushima shrine 蕪島 神社 in Hachinohe, Aomori, is the nesting site for many black tailed gulls each spring
There must be at least 20 harvestmen nesting in the wall of a bridge I walk under every morning....and no they aren't spiders
Turtle nesting is a serious affair. Lights out are strictly enforced. The baby turtles will head towards the lights instead of the ocean.
Taken on A1A Lake Worth, Florida
Mistle Thrush feeding young at nest
Grive draine nourrissant des jeunes au nid
(Turdus viscivorus)
03-05-2011 - Margravine Cemetery
Third stop on the Borrego Springs Artwork tour: there's a nesting bird of prey with two fledglings in the nest.
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Way out in the California desert there is an art installation with no equal. There are 129 welded steel sculptures, some are prehistoric animals showing us what creatures lived here before we came, some are current residents; there are also people, machines, and reptiles spanning prehistory to the present.
All are amazingly well done and in the wide open desert setting, damn near breathtaking. We're not much for museums but this? This is our kind of art museum!
(click on the Valday2014 tag to see the whole set, still in process)
Yesterday, we discovered a bird's nest only a few feet off our front deck. As we are constantly out there (and our barking dog as well), I don't think it will disturb Mama if I take a few shots. When the mama is off hunting for yummies for the babies - we've seen two - I hope to get a shot or two of the babies. They are soo cute with their little mouths wide open just above the leaves. I wish I could move those leaves! Wouldn't dream of it though - okay, maybe dream, but would never disturb their home!
6.24.2013
Nesting by Sisters Hope
photo: I diana lindhardt
Photographs are free to use with the credits as formulated above displayed visibly.
Leaps of preparations for Sisters Academy - The Takeover in Copenhagen
Calls for residencies will open soon.
Kittiwakes on the side of the castle ruins in Dunbar - they nest all over the castle ruins that overlook the harbour. They are quite a sight and make quite a sound too
His Nesting Place is a Pregnancy Shelter that Adopt4Me visits on Fridays and delivers Bread, Bagels and Sweets
As a result of the slight relaxation of the StayatHome guidelines, I have been taking the opportunity to have a few day trips to locations that I hope wouldn't be too busy with other people. One such place is the Blackdown Hills and in particular where a few new clearings were created last year. I was watching Spotted Flycatchers when I noticed a Treecreeper returning to the same old tree. Then I realised that it was nesting behind the bark only a few inches off the ground. I have enjoyed watching the adults making repeated visits with all manner on insects. That is probably it for now as I do not wish to disturb the birds. All images taken from a very safe distance.
Three eggs this year for the pair of oyster catchers nesting on the roof of the Royal Golf Hotel.
A note to egg collectors - since this photograph was taken the eggs have hatched
Explore 11th May 2007 #357
A pair of willy wagtails spent several days working from dawn till dusk, trying to build a nest between the light and the beam (which I can now see needs a good wash). However, the gap was too wide, and all their nesting material kept falling through. Finally, they decided to relocate.
Notice the distinctive white eyebrows and whisker marks
I watched this crow for a while and he peeled bark fro the bough of this silver birch. I thought this was intended for use as nesting material but in the end he discarded it and hunted for worms instead.
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Photographed near Vigia Chico, Mexico.
This species has made an apperance in Utah:
This bird was first reported on 26 May(1999). I don't know exactly how long after that it stayed but I don't think it was more than a week after our sighting. We watched the bird fly back and forth about three times along the wooded (willows and cottonwoods) section of the reservoir. Apparently it would perch out of view from shore on the water side of this wooded section. The water level of the reservoir was very high with many of the trees flooded. As it flew by it was often harassed by the numerous gulls in the area. At one point it swooped down and picked a fish out of the reservoir. It was immediately "ganged" up on by the gulls and lost the fish. (submitted by Steve Summers, Utah Rare Birds Report)