Osprey (In Action)

I came across this osprey, but hard luck no fish on that day:

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Hard luck for him but obviously not for you. You got some great shots there

Great look at those "fish hooks", nice timing Akhan.

These are great! The ones I caught last year were mostly diving into the water rather than legs out and spreading the talons out like that.

Muteki wrote in post #15639810
These are great! The ones I caught last year were mostly diving into the water rather than legs out and spreading the talons out like that.

Ditto I have never seen that in Ospreys, Eagles fish that way

Nice shots!

cdiver2 wrote in post #15639877
Ditto I have never seen that in Ospreys, Eagles fish that way

The Ospreys I watch everyday always fish talons first. I haven't been able to get a good image of them fishing yet, I'm always busy doing other things when they fish and can't get the camera out of the bag in time

And, the Bald Eagles I watch don't fish - they steal from the Ospreys

camflan wrote in post #15639903
Nice shots!

The Ospreys I watch everyday always fish talons first. I haven't been able to get a good image of them fishing yet, I'm always busy doing other things when they fish and can't get the camera out of the bag in time

And, the Bald Eagles I watch don't fish - they steal from the Ospreys

Strange I have seen them go in talons first but it is a plunge into the water as opposed to a snatch. I have seen Eagles steal from Osprey. The best one was Osprey gets fish Eagle harasses Osprey until it dropped the fish, in someones back yard. neither the Eagle or Osprey went to get it. However a Caracara had been watching this and took its young one to get the fish. Leaving the young one to eat the adult left. Very shortly the buzzards started to arrive and pushed the Caracara out.

I saw a Eagle attempting to take a duck, there was a large flock of ducks on the water and the Eagle was sat in a dead tree watching them.Three times it attempted to get one and failed returning to the same tree every time. On the fourth attempt it got one and left the area. No photos as I was to far away from the tree and ducks but I got a good work out running with camera, 100-400 lens and t/pod

Fantastic shots!

cdiver2 wrote in post #15640003
Strange I have seen them go in talons first but it is a plunge into the water as opposed to a snatch.

Ahhhh, I see what you are saying. Yeah, I see about 60/40, steep dives in the middle of the water and shallower attack near the edges.

cdiver2 wrote in post #15640003
I have seen Eagles steal from Osprey. The best one was Osprey gets fish Eagle harasses Osprey until it dropped the fish, in someones back yard. neither the Eagle or Osprey went to get it. However a Caracara had been watching this and took its young one to get the fish. Leaving the young one to eat the adult left. Very shortly the buzzards started to arrive and pushed the Caracara out.

That's funny. One of these days I'll catch one of the many eagle/osprey dogfights we see here. They are loud and furious. Usually 2 ospreys on one eagle, the eagle almost always gets the fish in these battles

cdiver2 wrote in post #15640003
I saw a Eagle attempting to take a duck, there was a large flock of ducks on the water and the Eagle was sat in a dead tree watching them.Three times it attempted to get one and failed returning to the same tree every time. On the fourth attempt it got one and left the area. No photos as I was to far away from the tree and ducks but I got a good work out running with camera, 100-400 lens and t/pod

Whoa, I've yet to see an eagle go for a duck. Definitely keep my eyes open for this

camflan wrote in post #15640025
Ahhhh, I see what you are saying. Yeah, I see about 60/40, steep dives in the middle of the water and shallower attack near the edges.



That's funny. One of these days I'll catch one of the many eagle/osprey dogfights we see here. They are loud and furious. Usually 2 ospreys on one eagle, the eagle almost always gets the fish in these battles

Whoa, I've yet to see an eagle go for a duck. Definitely keep my eyes open for this

I am not sure what kind of duck it was but it was about the size of a Pied billed Grebe.

Awesome captures ,would love to be lucky enough to witness this .

Great catch.

Mike

Excellent series ...great action.

Great series Akhan. Well done.

Excellent !!!!!!