Osprey Super Close-up at her Nest at Flamingo, Everglades National Park, Florida

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I captured this image of the Osprey at the Flamingo Marina area of Everglades National Park. Jan Nagalski and I had been disappointed with the shooting at Everglades, but this osprey nest with its three chicks offered some interesting frames, although we had previously photographed it years earlier. It may not have been the same Osprey, but it was certainly the same nest. I have photographed this same Osprey nest since before I began to use a digital camera over a decade ago.
The Osprey, also called 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 24 inches (60 cm) in length and 71 inches (180 cm) 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 specialized physical characteristics and exhibits unique behavior 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.
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Taken in: United States / Florida / Flamingo (show map)

Taken on: March 31, 2024

Tags:

Osprey

Seahawk

Fish Hawk

Hawk, Fish

River Hawk

Hawk, River

Pandion Haliaetus

Flamingo

Everglades National Park

Everglades

National Park

Florida

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Sets appears in: • Birds of Florida - Raptors

Camera: Nikon D850, f/20.0, 0.003 sec (1/400) sec (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Aperture:	f/20.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
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