365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Osprey, Pandion Haliaetus
Day 283: Although the field guides will frequently describe Ospreys as "uncommon," I see them almost any time I'm out on one of the area's lakes. They are consummate predators upon trout and don't seem to have my discriminating palate when it comes to hatchery-raised fish. That said, they also seem to have extraordinary skill at taking the biggest and best. Many's the time that I've been fiddling with minnows, only to see an Osprey splash down and rise again with a trophy brown held in its talons. Of course, I might have more luck if I rigged with the nine hooks this bird is allowed.
Labels:
"Fish Hawk",
kayaking,
Lake St. Clair,
Osprey,
Pandion haliaetus
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