Osprey flying facing right, with its wings partially folded. It has yellow eyes, a white head, breast, belly, and under tail coverts with a dark brown eye stripe that goes to its back. Its tail, primaries, and secondaries are pale with dark stripes. The underwing coverts near the edge of its wings are dark brown, while the rest are white. The sky is blue.
Osprey landing in the top of a green tree facing right, with its wings extended. Most of its body is hidden by leaves. It has yellow eyes, a white head, breast, belly, and under tail coverts with a dark brown eye stripe that goes to its back. Its tail, primaries, and secondaries are pale with dark stripes. The underwing coverts near the edge of its wings are dark brown, while the rest are white. The bottom edge of the coverts have thick, dark brown stripes and spots. The bottom edge of the coverts have thick, dark brown stripes and spots. The sky is blue.
Osprey giving up trying to land in the top of a green tree and flying away facing right, with its wings extended and cut off at the top of the image. It has yellow eyes, a white head, breast, belly, and under tail coverts with a dark brown eye stripe that goes to its back. Its tail, primaries, and secondaries are pale with dark stripes. The underwing coverts near the edge of its wings are dark brown, while the rest are white. Its long, white legs and large talons and scaly, pale feet are extended downward. The sky is blue.
Osprey flying facing right, with its wings fully extended and cut off at the top and bottom of the image. It has yellow eyes, a white head, breast, belly, and under tail coverts with a dark brown eye stripe that goes to its back. Its tail, primaries, and secondaries are pale with dark stripes. The underwing coverts near the edge of its wings are dark brown, while the rest are white. The bottom edge of the coverts have thick, dark brown stripes and spots. It has long, white legs and large talons and scaly, pale feet. In the background are blurry, green leaves. The sky is blue.
Last month at Cape May Point State Park, I saw this osprey attempt to land in a tree. As soon as it gave up and flew away, it was chased by a red winged blackbird.
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