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Message: <blockquote data-quote="David in NC" data-source="post: 3192529" data-attributes="member: 111913">Another day out today...  I may do a longer rundown later but the BIGGEST news is we HAVE been seeing OSPREYS at the local lake!   Delia...my hat is off to you...  As you sit in SCOTLAND you nailed a bird over a lake in Western North Carolina in the USA!  You are AwEsOmE! :t:I didn't really consider it being an Osprey until you mentioned it.  After that, especially the one that flew over our car a couple weeks ago-I KNEW it "looked like" an Osprey but I let the range maps convince me it was a general hawk.  I finally noted some other sightings claiming they had seen one in the area so I was WAY more open to it being an Osprey today.  We not only seen one at the lake-we seen another over a river in town!!!  The one in town even had a fish!!!The one at the lake soared for several minutes, dove on a fish in a cove (I couldn't tell if he got it though) and sat on a perch about 1/4 mile from me.  I watched him (or her?) for at least 10 minutes with the Leicas.  I'm 100% certain now-range maps be danged!AND, I just realized this is "World Osprey Week" (if it's official yet):<a href="http://www.ospreys.org.uk/world-osprey-week/" target="_blank">http://www.ospreys.org.uk/world-osprey-week/</a>Woo-hoooooo!  o<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />o<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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