Going up
by AnnaJo Vahle
Title
Going up
Artist
AnnaJo Vahle
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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One of my favorite shots as I observed an osprey catching a fish. The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), sometimes known as the sea hawk, fish eagle or fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. 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, with a black eye patch and wings.
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 name suggests, 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. Despite its propensity to nest near water, the Osprey is not a sea-eagle.
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Comments (33)
Gary F Richards
Magnificent fish capture, lighting, shading and artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the contest ANY MEDIUM WITH FISH
Sue Bonnar
This is a great shot! I am always amazed to see Osprey with fish flying overhead, these predators are so impressive and this is an amazing photograph! I can see why it's one of your favorites.
Randy Hall
Brings new meaning to "flying fish". Nice capture AnnaJo. You really captured the intensity in the osprey's eyes. Voted
Nick Boren
Wow... this is a fabulous image AnnaJo... and your timing could not have been better. :-) F/V
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Thanks so much, Nick. It took a long time of observation and many missed shots.
LESLIE CROTTY
ANNA JO, BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURED! THESE KIND OF SHOTS COME ONCE IN A LIFETIME AND YOU SURELY NAILED THIS ONE! IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THEN THIS! LES (F/V)
Gary Holmes
Superb capture, both for you and the osprey. Downer for the bass though. This brings back an age-old question, what is the airspeed of a laden osprey? Apologies to Monty Python. VF, fb like
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