Saturday, May 11, 2019

Birds of Prey: the Osprey


Photographed by Jay McGowan:  https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/43425571

The Osprey fish hawk is found all over the world and is making a good comeback everywhere due to the intervention of environmentalists and reduced pesticide use and hunting.

Long been fascinated by ospreys. As a kid I found a dead one on the boulevard on the way to school. Wanted to give it to the local taxidermist, but he said it was such a large, beautiful specimen that he wanted to give it to the Royal Ontario Museum and their skilled taxidermists. And so we did that and it has been on display at the Royal Ontario Museum. 

Now there is a new beautifully illustrated book by one of the world's greatest living experts on ospreys: Alan F. Poole



The Explore.org website offers links to some great Osprey Nest Live Cams, including this majestic view in Montana:


 
The Cornell Ornithology Lab is unrivalled in its amazing pictures and information:




In the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario, Canada there is an organization that befriends ospreys and provides much fascinating information on this majestic bird of prey:

 

The Birds of Prey YouTube Channel presents a short video of an osprey in flight as well as a fledgling just learning to fly:


BBC Scotland presents Ewan McGregor narrating over amazing slow motion footage of an osprey fishing:
 


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