Pine Island Osprey by TwoPynts

Photography • Animals • posted on Aug 02, 2008

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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