In Search Of
by Deborah Benoit
Title
In Search Of
Artist
Deborah Benoit
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Photograph - Original Photography By Deborah Benoit
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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. In 1994, the osprey was declared the provincial bird of Nova Scotia, Canada.
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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.
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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 (see below). Despite its propensity to nest near water, the Osprey is not classed as a sea-eagle.
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Comments (58)
Joyce Dickens
My goodness Deborah, such an incredible shot of this gorgeous Osprey....excellent work!!!
Miroslava Jurcik
Congratulations, your beautiful pic has been chosen for Special feature gallery in Kingdom Animalia , you can now add your work there !! l/f
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Greta Corens
CONGRATULATIONS! This image is now featured on the Homepage of 'Sensational Animals'. You are invited to visit the group and promote this image on the discussion thread. Bravo for this marvelous art. L/F
Joyce Dickens
What an outstanding image Deborah; I love the clarity of this beautiful osprey, the contrasts with the lovely sky and the fine detail, all so wonderful - promoted on twitter! Joyce