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| Posted: Wed Jan 25th, 2012 06:35 pm | 1st Post |
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Heres a site i just had to share with you http://www.arkive.org/osprey/pandion-haliaetus/video-00.html After youve seen the Osprey,,have a gander round the site,,its a cracker 
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25th, 2012 08:24 pm | 2nd Post |
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That's just cool................
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25th, 2012 08:53 pm | 3rd Post |
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Ospreys are truly majestic. That last one couldn't seem to get airborne...reminds me of the time we were fishing on Pathfinder Reservoir in Wyoming, and my buddy had just killed a bloody carp he had caught. He threw it back in the water, thinking the Gulls would clean it up. Well, in comes this big ol' Pelican performing their usual perfectly beautiful & graceful landing, gloms the carp in his beak, and starts in a-flappin'. I noticed he was having problems getting the lift he needed, and his head was starting to tilt, but he wasn't givin' up... the carp slipped a little in his grip, and that big, beautiful, graceful Pelican did a cartwheel on the water...awesome!! He surfaced, shook his head a little, reacquired the carp with a sure-grip, and tried it again...and made it. Just sayin'...its not something you forget, seeing a mature Pelican crash from cargo overload... 
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25th, 2012 10:10 pm | 4th Post |
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Wonder if you could train one to fish for you?????...If so I'm getting several..... ....That way I could say I caught something besides a wet hook.....
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25th, 2012 11:35 pm | 5th Post |
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loved the video, especially when it grabbed the flounder! here's a link to a pic i took of our local osprey flying out of our neighbor's tree with a trout in its talons(!) http://twobigcats.blogspot.com/2007/08/theres-fish-in-my-tree.html
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26th, 2012 02:05 am | 6th Post |
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That was enjoyable. Something different.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26th, 2012 12:17 pm | 7th Post |
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TwoBigCats wrote: loved the video, especially when it grabbed the flounder! here's a link to a pic i took of our local osprey flying out of our neighbor's tree with a trout in its talons(!) From my observations, Osprey are not all that proficient at fishing .  When I lived in BC, I used to fly fish a lot in back country lakes, carting my canoe around all over. I would say that by my observations, Osprey were successful only 10 - 15% of the time I saw them dive. They would surface after an attempt with no luck, so often, I wondered how they survived!  Bald Headed Eagles on the other hand were THE Masters of snatching fish. Never saw one miss! 
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26th, 2012 11:01 pm | 8th Post |
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That is a very cool site! Bookmarked it for when I have more time.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27th, 2012 02:39 am | 9th Post |
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Dusty Boots wrote: TwoBigCats wrote:loved the video, especially when it grabbed the flounder! here's a link to a pic i took of our local osprey flying out of our neighbor's tree with a trout in its talons(!) Not only that..........I have had them steal fish right off my hook as I was reeling them in............no joke 
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27th, 2012 11:04 pm | 10th Post |
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Many thanks for sharing this. We have many here in South west Florida. They like to build their nests in strange places too, such as high voltage power transmission line poles over looking busy street traffic or draw bridge signal light beams. One such raised the possibility of a serious black out do to the nest short circuiting if completed, as the wires are very close. FPL, the locale juice supplier installed a pole with a nest platform for the birds to rebuild their nest last week. The nest is almost finished today. I tried to get pictures but my little cheap camera does not get close enough. FPL and other Florida utilities have built hundreds of these nesting platforms throughout the state. Ned
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31st, 2012 06:37 pm | 11th Post |
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Great site, I signed up for their emails.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31st, 2012 11:12 pm | 12th Post |
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Don't know why but being posted by PP I was waiting for the fish to whip the bird or the bird to fly into an F16 or something.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31st, 2012 11:46 pm | 13th Post |
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10 or so years ago, one showed up across the street from us in a microwave tower. It would land up there almost every night, just before dark. Early morning it would leave. That lasted almost a year, then never saw it up there again. Last edited on Tue Jan 31st, 2012 11:46 pm by dwsonar |
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