Osprey flying - YouTube
Ospreys are large brown-and-white raptors that hunt for fish over large lakes, rivers, and seacoasts. In flight they hold their wings with a noticeable crook at the wrist. ML Video #463534....
Osprey: The Beautiful Flight of the Osprey Bird of Prey ... - YouTube
2015年10月3日 · There is a nice video snippet of a fledgling learning to fly gliding and flapping its wings over its nest for safety. The Osprey colors are brown on the wings with white or gray underneath....
Osprey | Audubon Field Guide
Along coastlines, lakes, and rivers almost worldwide, the Osprey is often seen flying over the water, hovering, and then plunging feet-first to catch fish in its talons. After a successful strike, the bird rises heavily from the water and flies away, carrying the fish head-forward with its feet.
Osprey Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Ospreys are very large, distinctively shaped hawks. Despite their size, their bodies are slender, with long, narrow wings and long legs. Ospreys fly with a marked kink in their wings, making an M-shape when seen from below. Smaller than a Bald Eagle; larger and longer-winged than a …
Osprey - Wikipedia
The osprey (/ ˈ ɒ s p r i,-p r eɪ /; [2] Pandion haliaetus), historically known as 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.
Osprey Life History - All About Birds
Adept at soaring and diving but not as maneuverable as other hawks, Ospreys keep to open areas, flying with stiff wingbeats in a steady, rowing motion. Primarily solitary birds, they usually roost alone or in small winter flocks of six to ten.
Osprey Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Near open water with an abundant supply of fish, listen for the Osprey’s whistling or chirping calls overhead, or look for this bird's distinctive flight profile and heavy wingbeats. From spring into fall, a boat or raft on a lake or river can provide an especially good vantage point.
Osprey - American Bird Conservancy
The Osprey is a large black-and-white hawk with long narrow wings, long legs, and a distinctive M-shaped flight profile. It is found on every continent except Antarctica; its diet and affinity for coastlines have earned it the nicknames “sea hawk” and “fish hawk.”
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10 Fascinating Osprey Facts - Fact Animal
An osprey was recorded flying at speeds of 129 kph (80 mph) in 1943 and was reported in the Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. Maurice Braun and Ben V. Goodwin reported a case of an osprey ‘cheating’; making use of a powerful thermal to hit a maximum flat speed of 80 mph.
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