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 06/09/2013 10:08:12 PM · #1
Have you ever see an osprey with two fish???

Check it out!! This guy was so far away when I shot him, I had no idea -- I just blew it up out of curiosity, and saw it when it was 1-1.

funky!



(And I haven't even had anything to drink tonight... But maybe this means it's time...)

Edited to add: (thanks for fixing the thread title, SC!)

Message edited by author 2013-06-10 10:46:08.
 06/09/2013 10:22:59 PM · #2
Cool! It looks more like an osprey to me, but cool pic!
 06/09/2013 10:28:57 PM · #3
Originally posted by pixelpig:
Cool! It looks more like an osprey to me, but cool pic!


it is an osprey -- I'm just really tired, and it's been a long week! :D

Message edited by author 2013-06-09 22:30:35.
 06/09/2013 10:30:42 PM · #4
somewhat related, the UMN Arboretum now has a camera set up to watch their nesting osprey: Osprey Cam
I haven't watched it at all yet, but it sounds like it should be good.
 06/09/2013 10:35:31 PM · #5
Now THAT's a fisherman..
 06/09/2013 10:36:14 PM · #6
And the fish are herrings...
 06/09/2013 10:39:26 PM · #7
It was during the shad run... (which wikipedia says are river herrings)

Message edited by author 2013-06-09 22:40:35.
 06/09/2013 10:43:13 PM · #8
To quote an old Dennis the Menace cartoon, "Now that's what I call a balanced diet!"
 06/09/2013 10:55:30 PM · #9
They were catching some serious fish out there that day:



(those aren't egrets either. :)
 06/09/2013 10:55:37 PM · #10
I commented under the photo, but I'll say it here: I've taken 100's of photos of ospreys and have never seen on with two fish. Great photo.
 06/09/2013 11:00:44 PM · #11
Originally posted by mariahdc:
I commented under the photo, but I'll say it here: I've taken 100's of photos of ospreys and have never seen on with two fish. Great photo.


Thanks -- not that great of a photo... but fun catch! I was just so surprised. He was so far away, I didn't bother even looking at the photo. Don't know why I did tonight.
 06/09/2013 11:03:10 PM · #12
Funny that you should start this thread Wendy. Last Saturday I shot some pics of this Osprey out over the Delaware Bay. I didn't know it had 2 fish at the time.

06/09/2013 11:05:12 PM · #13
Originally posted by scooter97:
Funny that you should start this thread Wendy. Last Saturday I shot some pics of this Osprey out over the Delaware Bay. I didn't know it had 2 fish at the time.



Wow! What a hoot! I'm like Maria, I've done so many osprey photos, but I've never seen it before. Maybe it's an up and coming osprey fad. :)

(your second fish looks as surprised as we are. :)

Message edited by author 2013-06-09 23:05:39.
 06/10/2013 10:27:40 AM · #14
I've never seen an osprey with 2 fish before, but wondering if the trend is heading for Canada :-) I've heard eyewitness accounts from a local bird rescue about a ferruginous hawk swooping in and snatching 2 chipmunks at the same time. This happened within 6 ft of the porch where the staffers were having their lunch break!
 06/10/2013 11:38:19 AM · #15
Maybe it's a nesting kind of thing, where they are bringing extra groceries home for the kids. Now I'm waiting for my chance to get a similar shot.
 06/10/2013 12:21:39 PM · #16
When I read the title of this thread I thought you were talking about the military plane/helicopter
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