Building Nest, Osprey
by Felix Lai
Title
Building Nest, Osprey
Artist
Felix Lai
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This photo captures an osprey landing in its nest with building material. It was quite a sight to see this wonder of creation!
* Note: This is the actual shot of the bird and its nest that I took. It is not a creation of combining two images together.
The osprey (Pandion haliaetus) — 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 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) 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 specialised physical characteristics and exhibits unique behaviour 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. Four subspecies are usually recognized, one of which has recently been given full species status (see below). Despite its propensity to nest near water, the osprey is not classed as a sea eagle.
* Copyright Felix Lai. Watermark will not appear on final prints of the photograph.
Uploaded
December 9th, 2017
Statistics
Viewed 1,024 Times - Last Visitor from Fairfield, CT on 04/25/2024 at 5:29 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
