pandion haliaetus

An Osprey shortly after catching a fish.

Only noticed this Osprey as it flew overhead, it was too high to get a decent shot of it. 21 Ospreys at Rutland Water now.

He flew overhead, landed on the top of a power pole, and had sushi for lunch

This osprey swooped into the water and caught this fish right in front of me! He then happily posed for my camera!

First Osprey of the year I've seen returning to this stadium lightstand that is used every summer.

Osprey on the hunting grounds.

Osprey meticulously searches the surface of a lake.

Balbuzard pêcheur - Pandion haliaetus - Osprey

This osprey had caught a fish and was heading back to its usual high perch to eat.

Communication

In Singapore it is listed as a uncommon non-breeding visitor

Bandit the osprey - it has a brown dot within its left eye - so it is easy to distinguish from others. It sees me almost every day - so I'm able to get closer now without disturbing it.

A four frame Osprey Dive Sequence. The bird was making frequent shallow dives, rather than steep vertical dives, so I don't think it was trying to catch a fish, but maybe trying to clean the last fish off its talons and feathers.

I was thinking as I went out today that it would be funny to get a pic with the osprey next to the owl. Sure enough, on my way back home, Bandit the osprey is hanging out by the plastic owl.

An osprey in flight, coming my way with that intense yellow-eye stare

Happy New Year!

Osprey posing

Osprey drying out

Osprey sunning itself after a failed fishing attempt

At Huntington Beach State Park

We drove through the national park, finally stopping at a car park overlooking a river for lunch. It wasn't a bad spot at all that they chose! For on the far side of the river (a bit distant even for my camera) was a huge rock with an Osprey sitting on it. It rather looked like he'd got a full...

... an Osprey day LOL It was a very pretty run along the river and, a one point, we stopped to have a little walk along a path. We got as far as where there's a bend in the river and on the other side was an Osprey sitting in a tree. He was obviously very alert, as my three images all show a...

I've no idea, but I presume this will be the same Osprey that I showed you yesterday, for I now couldn't see the perch to check whether that one was still there. I can never resist the chance to practise a flight shot.

.... or maybe not? We then drove along beside Oyster Harbour and reached a causeway when the King River spills into it. So we stopped here for a bit to have a look round. The first bird I saw was this Osprey sitting in a dead tree. Although I see a lot of these in Scotland (usually, but...