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Bookmark or Share- Osprey Range Map, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of OrnithologyUnique 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.
- Osprey | National Wildlife FederationDescription. Also known as the fish hawk, ospreys are raptors that are well adapted for fishing. The birds have long legs and large feet with specialized barbs on the pads, hooked talons, and a reversible outer toe. This allows them to easily grasp fish with two toes pointing to the front and two pointing to the rear.
- Osprey | National GeographicScientific Name: Pandion haliaetus. Type: Birds. Diet: Carnivore. Average Life Span In The Wild: 30 years. Size: Body: 21 to 23 inches; wingspan: 5 to 6 feet. Weight: 3.1 to 4.4 pounds. Size...
- Osprey Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of OrnithologyOsprey Identification. Overview. ID info. Life History. Maps. Sounds. Identification. Photo Gallery. Similar Species. Osprey Photos and Videos. Adult (carolinensis) Large. Brown back and wings contrast with the white underparts. Head white with a broad brown line through the eye, beak black and strongly hooked.
- Osprey Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of OrnithologyUnique 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 ...
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