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The osprey and owls are the only raptors whose outer toe is reversible, allowing them to grasp their prey with two toes in front and two behind. This is particularly helpful when they grab slippery fish. [26] The osprey is 0.9–2.1 kg (2.0–4.6 lb) in weight and 50–66 cm (20–26 in) in length with a 127–180 cm (50–71 in) wingspan.
Pandion is a genus of fish-eating bird of prey, known as ospreys, the only genus of family Pandionidae.Most taxonomic treatments have regarded this genus as containing a single living species, separated into subspecies and found worldwide near water, while some treatments recognize two living species, splitting off the eastern osprey (Pandion (haliaetus) cristatus) from Australia and southeast ...
The Ospreys (Welsh: Y Gweilch), formerly the Neath–Swansea Ospreys [2] [3] is one of the four professional rugby union teams from Wales. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup .
That osprey fought back. Nature is red of tooth and claw, as the old saying goes. But also, it is red of beak, as the skillful predatory instincts of so many bird species prove.
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The Osprey takes off and lands like a helicopter but can tilt its propellers horizontally to fly like an airplane. The U.S. Marine Corps, which operates the vast majority of the Ospreys in service ...
Born in Bridgend and educated at Brynteg Comprehensive School, [2] Webb began his rugby career with Bridgend Athletic RFC, and also played for Bridgend and Aberavon in the Welsh Premiership [3] while coming through the Ospreys age grade system; he won the Reebok Regional Championship trophy with the under-18s side during the 2005–06 season and was a losing finalist with the under-20s during ...
"An osprey pair has occupied a nest atop the boom of an inactive crane for the past few years. The nest is in close proximity to the westbound bridge scheduled for demolition shortly," Aetna ...