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This bird was a resident on the beach at the hotel I was staying in, in Egypt, I found his huge nest in a small lighthouse a couple of hundred yards out to sea.
The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) is a medium large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution. It is often known by other colloquial names such as fishhawk, seahawk or Fish Eagle. It is the only member of the genus Pandion, which is in turn the only genus in family Pandionidae.
The Osprey is 52-60cm (20.5-23.6 inches) long with a 152-167cm (5-5.5 feet) wingspan. It has white underparts and long, narrow wings with four "finger" feathers at the end of each, which give it a very distinctive appearance.
Their call is a series of sharp whistles, cheep, cheep, or yewk, yewk. Near the nest, a frenzied cheereek!
The Osprey is particularly well adapted to its diet, with reversible outer toes, closable nostrils to keep out water during dives, and backwards facing scales on the talons which act as barbs to help catch fish.
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Hi Michael,
The sharpness of this shot is great! I like the yellow canopy(?) that the bird is perched on. If I had one suggestion maybe open up the aperture more and that would've given a better DOF to throw out the somewhat distracting background.
-Mike
Hi,
Great calrity and perfect focus on the bird. Composition is nice too. good ligh also.
TFS
-V
The background really helps the bird look very exciting! Wonderful depth of field and positioning Michael!
All of the colors in this composition work so well together! Nice note!
Hi Michael,
also here at TN a beautiful shot of your visit at Egypt - it's wonderful.
This bird is so interesting and you captured it so sharp, I like it, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda
Hi Michael,
It's great to see a post from you again.
Just time for a quick visit.
Nice capture. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
- lozey (184)
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Hi Michael
I like it. Elegant & majestic. Perhaps a little to much background for me!!
Regards Bert
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