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The eastern osprey (Pandion haliaetus cristatus) is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. They live in Oceania at coastal regions of the Australian continent, the Indonesian islands, New Guinea, and the Philippines. It is usually sedentary and pairs breed at the same nest site, building up a substantial structure on dead trees or limbs.
Osprey. The osprey (/ ˈɒspri, - preɪ /; [2] Pandion haliaetus), historically known as 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 ...
A resident male osprey managed to attract a female osprey (a 2008 bird from a Rutland Water nest) who laid their first egg on 25 April 2011, a second three days later, and a final egg on 1 May 2011. On 5 June 2011 the first osprey chick emerged, the second on Monday 6 June 2011, and the third on 7 June 2011, comprising one female (ringed Blue ...
The two chicks appear "healthy and strong" and should "do well", Cumbria Wildlife Trust says.
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After a long winter, ospreys are on their way back to New Jersey for breeding season. Ospreys, or fish hawks, are one of the state's largest raptors. Ospreys are on their way back to New Jersey!
The Glaslyn Osprey Project is located in the Glaslyn Valley at Pont Croesor near Porthmadog in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The project has supported ospreys since 2004 when they came to the Snowdonia National Park to breed after being absent from Wales for decades. [1] The ospreys spend every winter in West Africa and travel thousands of miles ...
Live video and still pictures of the nest can be viewed on the RSPB Loch Garten Reserve web-site. Ospreys are not the only creatures to be found at Loch Garten. Western capercaillies , though difficult to see, do inhabit the remoter parts of the reserve and can be seen performing their annual lek via the spring "Caperwatch".