This is Cadet; he is this year’s male offspring of Amelia and Ace. He is recently fledged and working hard to learn how to fish. This morning he caught this medium sized catfish.
osprey
Tagosprey itch
what a delicate task: to scratch a fierce itch with a very sharp talon…
detail: foot and talon
an osprey’s very life depends on the ability of its feet and talons to grab and hold a slippery fish during capture and flight
out of the fog
The osprey Ace appeared out of the early morning fog – fish firmly grasped by his talons.
vertical
Ace the male osprey is almost vertical, talons leading, 10 feet from impact into the river.
osprey tilt
the tilt, over into the osprey’s fishing dive
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