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This Osprey was still building his nest when I captured him carrying a branch that had to be at least 4 feet or more long. Nikon D850, 200-500mm handheld.
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Twenty minutes after the sun had hauled itself above the Pacific Ocean, Bramble Bay's resident fish hawk splashed into the shallow water about a hundred and fifty metres from me to grab its first feed of the day in its deadly talons.
Osprey : Pandion haliaetus
Bramble Bay, Queensland
27°S...
Avian Cosmopolitan …
Osprey : Pandion haliaetus
Moreton Bay, Queensland
Ospreys are true cosmopolitans amongst birds; with the exception of Antarctica, they can be found hunting shorelines of every continent.
Can anyone identify its prey?
I've had two sessions in an Osprey hide recently and while I can get tack sharp shots before the dive and when the bird comes out of the water, sharp focus of the actual dive has eluded me 9 times out of 10. The birds are anything from 35 to 80 feet away and I'm shooting with a D850 and 300mm...
At times it gets crowded at Fishermen's Warf at Conowingo Dam, having a 6' or 7'gun turret may at times may not be the wisest. I was told that this is Fisherman's Warf, not Photographer's Warf,. as several weeks ago I heard the stories and until last Sunday, I saw the gun turret for myself...
Please look to the right, look to the left, look over your shoulder to the right then to the left.
D850 VR 70-200 f/2.8E 1\640 +.7ev f/8 Matrix (Photo cropped only)
All 4 shots are of the same bird perched on top of a pole, as if he was posing for me.
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