Over the sea
by terranovabay
An Osprey hunts for fish against cloudy skies just offshore the beach at Sebastian Inlet State Park.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, Sebastian Inlet State Park
Tag: Osprey
Dawn Hunter
by terranovabay
An Osprey hovers over the Mosquito Lagoon while hunting for fish in the gray predawn light.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, MINWR, Mosquito Lagoon, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
Osprey Sighting
by terranovabay
A V-22 Osprey passes overhead while hiking at the St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park. From Boeing, the manufacturer of the V-22 Osprey: “The V-22 Osprey is a joint service multirole combat aircraft utilizing tiltrotor technology to combine the vertical performance of a helicopter with the speed and range of a fixed-wing aircraft. With its rotors in vertical position, it can take off, land and hover like a helicopter. Once airborne, it can convert to a turboprop airplane capable of […]
Categories: Air Show • Tags: Boeing, Osprey, St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, V-22
Stern Gaze
by terranovabay
An Osprey atop the ruins of a fish meal turns its stern gaze to the photographer aboard a passing boat along the Banana River.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Banana River, Fish Hawk, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
PINWR Sunday: Fish Delivery
by terranovabay
An Osprey at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge soars overhead with a fish it caught in the Indian River Lagoon. From the OspreyWatch project.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Indian River Lagoon, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, PINWR
PINWR Sunday: Regal Osprey
by terranovabay
A rather distinguished looking Osprey with a freshly caught fish at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. From the OspreyWatch project.
Categories: Nature • Tags: fish, Osprey, OspreyWatch, Pandion haliaetus, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, PINWR
PINWR Sunday: Osprey Profile
by terranovabay
Side view of an Osprey winging its way over Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. From the OspreyWatch project.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Australian Pines, Osprey, OspreyWatch, Pandion haliaetus, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, PINWR
Room for Ospreys
by terranovabay
A unique view of the distant Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center taken from the rooftop of the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station shows in the foreground an Osprey nesting platform atop a pole. A small reminder that there is room for Ospreys in the Space Age provided for by the fish-filled waters of Cape Canaveral.
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: ASOC, Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, VAB, Vehicle Assembly Building
PINWR Sunday: Soaring Osprey
by terranovabay
An Osprey soaring through blue skies at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. From the OspreyWatch project.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Osprey, OspreyWatch, Pandion haliaetus, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, PINWR
PINWR Sunday: Breaking Branches
by terranovabay
An Osprey with talons wide open lines up to break off a dead tree branch as it gathers material for its nest at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. From the OspreyWatch project.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Osprey, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, PINWR
