Osprey Lunch
by Dawn Currie
Title
Osprey Lunch
Artist
Dawn Currie
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie. A hungry Osprey eating his lunch that is carefully grasped in this talons. Photographed in the TM Goodwin Waterfowl Management Area in central Florida.
Awards and PSA International exhibitions:
- 2017 Queensland International Circuit, Townsville Salon
- 2017 Raptors at Risk
Featured on Fine Art America/Pixels:
- A Birding Group - Wings
- Animal Photographs
- Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds
- FAA Portraits - Birds
- Images That Excite You
- Wild Birds of the World
- Wildlife
A very distinctive fish-hawk, formerly classified with other hawks but now placed in a separate family of its own. 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.
The Osprey is the only hawk on the continent that eats almost exclusively live fish. In North America, more than 80 species of live fresh- and saltwater fish account for 99 percent of the Osprey’s diet. Captured fish usually measure about 6–13 inches in length and weigh one-third to two-thirds of a pound. The largest catch on record weighed about 2.5 pounds. On very rare occasions, Ospreys have been observed feeding on fish carcasses or on birds, snakes, voles, squirrels, muskrats, and salamanders. Ospreys probably get most of the water they need from the flesh of their prey, although there are reports of adults drinking on hot days.
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June 28th, 2017
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Comments (42)
William Tasker
Great POV and a terrific capture. I love those broken palm trees. Your beautiful image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous portrait photo of an Osprey eating a fish, with great colors, light, clarity, perspective, and composition, Dawn! F/L