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Tag: Osprey

  • Male Osprey vs Live Fish

    Male Osprey vs Live Fish

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    This male osprey brings in a huge live fish to eat on the dock. Is this a redfish, my fishing people? My guess is that this is a male osprey because of the lack of a brown necklace or banding around the upper chest. Ospreys are raptors or birds of prey. They have hooked beaks…

  • Osprey Eats Fish On Dock

    Osprey Eats Fish On Dock

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    This male osprey caught a small fish and brought it to our dock to eat. It took about 16 minutes from start to finish. The osprey feaks (cleans, hones it’s beak), shakes, poops and takes off, pretty classic bird behavior. Ospreys are raptors with hooked beaks and talons. They generally dive feet first into water…

  • Female Osprey Eating, Pooping, Feaking

    Female Osprey Eating, Pooping, Feaking

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    This is a female osprey eating in an oak tree next to a Charleston SC marsh. The osprey brings in a half eaten fish, eats it for around 8 minutes and finishes with the fish tail. She poop shoots, cleans and hones her beak (called feaking), and takes off. We know this is a female…