It is an osprey.
North America doesn't have real sea eagles (though bald eagles can be so classified ornithogically).
North America doesn't have real sea eagles (though bald eagles can be so classified ornithogically).
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Yes, ospreys can be named 'fish eagles', but they're not marine birds, they stick to the rivers and lakes (TLC earworm there).
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The number of bald eagles in and around NYC is higher than it has been in recent memory and we recently had the somewhat surreal experience of being able to see one over the Hudson out of our from windowsComment
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Thanks, chaps. It's certainly an impressive bird.Comment
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It’s a great pic SB. They certainly are a widespread breed; we see them soaring and hunting along the North Queensland coast at Port Douglas. When we actually go there, which has been a while.Comment
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Pelicans are great. Super dumb and die because they smash their brain into the water over and over again diving for fish. But until then they’re fantastic looking birds.Comment
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Tufted, actually.Comment
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I used to read in all the bird books that the Tufted Duck was the next most common duck in England after the Mallard. But I can barely remember seeing one.Comment
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This long-tailed tit has been attacking my window for the past two days, at first I thought it was collecting spider's web for nest material but now I think that it's seeing its reflection as a rival
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A Mandarin with its mate and two Mallards on the canal in West Drayton today
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and a Red Kite above the canal in West Drayton today
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Pied Wagtail invades the pitch at Wealdstone today
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A hawk alighted on the telegraph pole in the corner of my garden, about 10 feet from me horizontally (and however high it is vertically), yesterday. It didn't stick around for more than a few seconds, though.Comment
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I had to try and get a shot of this goldfinch in Walthamstow earlier. Absolutely singing its little heart out it was
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I've been watching this webcam of a storks' nest in Czechia this past couple of days. Some of the eggs have hatched today.
https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/we...orks-nest.htmlComment
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Erm, why do birds move in a rapid, jerky fashion? Heart rate, muscle fibre...?Comment
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In the same vein as Capy's storks two posts up, here's my annual observation that the HD camera on the osprey nest on the Dyfi estuary in West Wales is better than ever and is giving some ludicrously good views of the three chicks all hatched within the last four days:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBUrM5bu9vcComment
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There's an increasing number of good livestreams from other osprey nests in Wales, Scotland and England, but I particularly like the one at Llyn Clywedog reservoir near the Dyfi nest, where the 'standard' view (i.e. without the zooming and panning available to the Dyfi one) is superb:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl5jggmIu_k (current link, though there's a new stream from here daily)
Edit: from my post from last spring, for comparison, with updated links:
The Poole Harbour one is particularly significant, as they have got three eggs there that are due to be hatching around about now, and if all continues to go well it will be the first successful osprey breeding in southern Britain for nearly 200 years.Originally posted by Various Artist View PostLast edited by Various Artist; 29-05-2022, 14:00.Comment
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On one of my recent trips to Wales to watch a car rally I went close to the Llyn Brenig osprey hide and nesting platform. For various (mostly sad) reasons they've not been so successful raising chicks as some of the other pairs but hopefully this year they may have more luck. Back story and live stream here
https://llynbrenig.com/llyn-brenig-osprey/
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