Autumn osprey: flashing accent of feathers and fish against the fall foliage.
The migrant osprey was out fishing again this morning.
There is an injury at the tip of his right wing, but he doesn’t seem to notice it.
He is very efficient at his fishing and often pulls large fish out of the river.
He proudly showed me his catch as he left out over the dam.
This adult male osprey has been fishing at Jordan Lake the last 3 days. I think he is a migrant.
Our adult ospreys left about 4 weeks ago and only a few of our osprey fledglings and immatures are still here.
I don’t recognize the markings on this osprey.
I have watched him madly fishing the last 3 days – like a parent osprey with chicks would be fishing.
He is late for South America and is eating for the sustenance to finish the trip.
Note the silvery fish about 2 feet in front of his right foot.
And, the orange patches are the leaves flying past as I followed his track through the autumn trees.
The red-tailed hawk rolled over and presented its talons to the pestering crow.
As the crow ducked under the upside down hawk, the hawk rolled back upright.
Suddenly the crow was the one being chased.
I could sense the strong wingbeats as this eagle came into sight working for altitude as he carried the huge fish up and over the riverbank.
alert, oh, so alert now that the young buck has seen me
out of the misty morning at Lake Mattamuskeet this young buck appeared
wading through the marsh, looking for tender plants to nibble
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