Pine Island Osprey by TwoPynts

Photography • Animals • posted on Aug 02, 2008

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Description

This young male had just been fishing for lunch, and was drying off and preening on the branch of an old dead tree. This photo is for Danny -- Renderosity's resident raptor master! :o) A little Osprey info from the USGS: Identification Tips: Length: 22 inches Wingspan: 54 inches Large, narrow-winged hawk Flies on flat wings with distinct kink at elbow Wings taper to a rounded tip Short hooked beak White cap Dark brown eyeline broadening behind eye Dark brown nape, back and upperwings Wings from below: flight feathers white barred with black, undersecondary coverts white and underprimary coverts black producing rectangular black mark at wrist White chin, throat, breast and belly Brown tail has a number of white bands Hovers and then plunges into water after fish Adult male: Underparts entirely white Adult female: Dark necklace of streaks on throat Immature: White tips to dark back feathers

Comments (32)

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MrsRatbag

2:45PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

What a handsome bird, and an excellent capture!

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awjay

2:48PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

wonderful capture

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kimariehere

2:48PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

WOW what an exceptional and most impressive offstray capture love how his neck is bent in a cutious attentive look!!!! brilliant work Kort!!!

wingnut55

2:49PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

nice behavioural shot, well caught.

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DennisReed

2:56PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

Beautiful!

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bevsphototreasures

3:48PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

Kort, That is awesome! Great Capture my friend.

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magnus073

4:10PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

Beautiful capture, very nice work

PD154

4:52PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

Excellent capture, superb!

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cameraobscura2

5:17PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

Greetings Kort, We live in an area were we do have a couple, not many and the nice thing is that less than a 1/2 mile from our house is a large lake with trout and in the evening we sometimes can see an Osprey on a large electrical tower, having a trout for dinner. Thank you for sharing. egmont

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jocko500

5:45PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

wonderful looking

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Bossie_Boots

5:46PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

Omg what an amazing capture really superb hugs lou x

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ledwolorz

5:58PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

Wonderful photo.

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timtripp

6:27PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

first rate photo kort!

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jif3d

8:20PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

Great nature capture, although this Osprey looks a bit embarrassed at having a photo taken while getting ready for his next fishing date ! Nicely done & ~Cheers~

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goodoleboy

8:33PM | Sat, 02 August 2008

The comments above reflect my own when it comes to this awesome capture, Kort! Incidentally, the Osprey is also the name of a US Marine Corps transport aircraft.

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