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Northern Notes

Outstanding Ospreys making up nearly 100 percent of its diet. The raptor can dive
as deep as three feet into the water for fish, but prefers to hunt
By Katie Roundtree, in shallower areas. When carrying their prey back to the nest,
Finance Director, Northern ospreys will arrange the fish so that it is upright, head forward to
Palm Beach County ease wind resistance. Ospreys are great anglers—successful in
Improvement District one out of four dives for fish! Because of this appetite, these birds
Ospreys are beautiful birds can be found near ponds, rivers, lakes and coastal waterways
that are often mistaken for around the world. It is the only raptor that plunges or dives into
other kinds of hawks or eagles. the water feet first to catch fish with its talons.
White undersides and a crook Ospreys construct their nests at the tops of dead trees, atop
in its narrow wings, distinguish power poles, on man-made nesting platforms and sometimes on
this bird as it soars above the buoys, chimneys, or other structures. The nests are most often
water. Adults are dark brown used year after year and can become up to 10 feet high as more
above with brownish-black nesting material is added each breeding season. Ospreys usually
marks on the wings and brown Source: Birdsoftheworld.org mate for life.
speckling on the breast. The head is white with a dark brown An osprey can live 15 to 20 years. The oldest known was
crown and a brown streak down the cheek. It is a very distinctive These birds are the second most widely distributed raptor just over 25 years old. During that long lifetime, the migratory
fish-hawk, formerly classified with other hawks but now placed species, after the peregrine falcon, and can be found on every birds can travel over 160,000 miles. In fact, in 2008, an osprey
in a separate family of its own. This species is also known as continent except Antarctica. What is even more interesting being tracked by researchers flew an amazing 2,700 miles in just
the river hawk, fish hawk or sea hawk. It is considered a raptor, is that all of the ospreys around the world are part of a single 13 days, traveling from Massachusetts to French Guiana, South
or bird of prey, since it is carnivorous. Ospreys are sometimes species, with the exception of the eastern osprey which is native America!
confused with bald eagles, but can be identified by their white to Australia. The osprey species is at least 11 million years old These birds are unique raptors, built for hunting and can be
underparts. Eagles and ospreys frequent similar habitats and and is so well adapted to fishing that it has evolved unique spotted around our waterways. Keep a lookout for these beautiful
sometimes compete for food. Eagles often force ospreys to drop characteristics that set it apart from other raptor species. They birds next time you’re outside.
fish that they have caught and then steal them in midair. have nostrils that can be closed during dives as well as an oily Sources: mnn.com, fws.gov, nationalgeographic.com
waterproof coating on their wings. An osprey’s outer toe is NPDES tip: Planting a rain garden with native plants around
reversible, which means they can carry prey (slippery fish) with
your home helps lock rain water in the ground, reducing the flow
It’s The Law! two toes in front and two toes behind. of pollutants and poisons into the drains. Using organic fertilizers
and pesticides in your garden further protects and brings health
The osprey is the only hawk species in North America that eats
live fish almost exclusively, with approximately 80 fish species to your yard and all the species living there.
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