Osprey’s often get rather messy down their chests when they are eating their fish. One way that an osprey can quickly clean his front is to skip across the water, chest parallel to the surface, and at very high speed scrape clean his front, lickety-split. All ospreys do this – but you have to recognize the difference in the dive as they head for a cleaning session if you want to try to catch the action. This fledgling skipped 5 times before going aloft.
doc ellen's journey 
interesting. I’d never have known. Judy
the first time I saw an osprey “skipping” I thought the bird had lost his mind. Then I ask the experts and they told me about the cleaning procedure. Ellen
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Wonderful! (and clever, too)…..
On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 7:54 PM doc ellen’s journey wrote:
> neighdoctor posted: “Osprey’s often get rather messy down their chests > when they are eating their fish. One way that an osprey can quickly clean > his front is to skip across the water, chest parallel to the surface, and > at very high speed scrape clean his front, lickety-split” >
Sounds like and looks like what we humans do called stripping. I also see a similarity to our body surfing.
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