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MaggyNoLia · 02-21-2009, 08:14 PM

So I was sitting here posting earlier and happened to look out back and noticed an osprey in one of the trees. Here are some of the shots I took.

MaggyNoLia · 02-21-2009, 08:23 PM

Now I didn't see what he had gone after when he took off, but I think the osprey bit off more than he could chew because he came booking back by me with this on his tail...

Sage · 02-21-2009, 08:32 PM

Wow! Great sighting and captures! Did the osprey escape?

MaggyNoLia · 02-21-2009, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Sage

Wow! Great sighting and captures! Did the osprey escape?

I hope so, but I don't know. I lost sight of them as they went around the treeline to my right.

I do know eagles will eat other birds....seagulls at least. Here's a shot I got a couple of months ago. At first I didn't know the eagle had something until I panned down with the camera a little. One of the shots I got that day is my avatar....it's just high enough that you don't see the seagull below.

Im4dabirds · 02-21-2009, 09:03 PM

Those are some awesome shots there Maggy.

MaggyNoLia · 02-21-2009, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Im4dabirds

Those are some awesome shots there Maggy.

Thank you. I'm tickled to death about the eagle/osprey shots. We regularly see the eagle and hawks going at it out here, but these were the best shots of an altercation I've caught so far.

TheLorax · 02-22-2009, 03:38 AM

You should be tickled to death. I don't think I've ever seen photos like what you have. I did once see an Eagle steal a fish from an Osprey. Poor hungry Osprey. It was over powered.

MaggyNoLia · 02-22-2009, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TheLorax

You should be tickled to death. I don't think I've ever seen photos like what you have. I did once see an Eagle steal a fish from an Osprey. Poor hungry Osprey. It was over powered.

Osprey are some of the best fisherman out there and eagles know this. Eagles are always on the lookout to see who they can steal from. Here it is not uncommon at all to see the eagle chasing an osprey or a hawk for an easy meal, although after you watch all the gyrating and chasing going on one would think it would be easier for the eagle to just catch the fish themselves.

Sage · 02-22-2009, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MaggyNoLia

Osprey are some of the best fisherman out there and eagles know this. Eagles are always on the lookout to see who they can steal from. Here it is not uncommon at all to see the eagle chasing an osprey or a hawk for an easy meal, although after you watch all the gyrating and chasing going on one would think it would be easier for the eagle to just catch the fish themselves.

Yeah, really!

TheLorax · 02-23-2009, 11:17 AM

Yes MaggNoLia, they do use a lot of energy stealing meals. Neat point. I looked it up and there were some interesting comments about that.

02-21-2009, 08:14 PM	#21
MaggyNoLia Fox Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Carolina	So I was sitting here posting earlier and happened to look out back and noticed an osprey in one of the trees. Here are some of the shots I took. Attached Thumbnails

02-21-2009, 08:23 PM	#22
MaggyNoLia Fox Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Carolina	Now I didn't see what he had gone after when he took off, but I think the osprey bit off more than he could chew because he came booking back by me with this on his tail... Attached Thumbnails

02-21-2009, 08:32 PM	#23
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Wow! Great sighting and captures! Did the osprey escape? __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

02-22-2009, 03:38 AM	#27
TheLorax Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2008	You should be tickled to death. I don't think I've ever seen photos like what you have. I did once see an Eagle steal a fish from an Osprey. Poor hungry Osprey. It was over powered. __________________ "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist

02-23-2009, 11:17 AM	#30
TheLorax Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2008	Yes MaggNoLia, they do use a lot of energy stealing meals. Neat point. I looked it up and there were some interesting comments about that. __________________ "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist

02-21-2009, 09:03 PM	#25
Im4dabirds Salamander Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sylvan Springs, Alabama, USA	Those are some awesome shots there Maggy.

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