Hawks, Falcons, Kites, Harriers, Osprey, Etc

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) <br />
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Identification Tips:<br />
Length: 22 inches Wingspan: 54 inches <br />
Large, narrow-winged hawk <br />
Flies on flat wings with distinct kink at elbow <br />
Wings taper to a rounded tip <br />
Short hooked beak <br />
White cap <br />
Dark brown eyeline broadening behind eye <br />
Dark brown nape, back and upperwings <br />
Wings from below: flight feathers white barred with black, undersecondary coverts white and underprimary coverts black producing rectangular black mark at wrist <br />
White chin, throat, breast and belly <br />
Brown tail has a number of white bands <br />
Hovers and then plunges into water after fish <br />
Adult male: <br />
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Underparts entirely white <br />
Adult female: <br />
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Dark necklace of streaks on throat <br />
Immature: <br />
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White tips to dark back feathers

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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Identification Tips:
Length: 22 inches Wingspan: 54 inches
Large, narrow-winged hawk
Flies on flat wings with distinct kink at elbow
Wings taper to a rounded tip
Short hooked beak
White cap
Dark brown eyeline broadening behind eye
Dark brown nape, back and upperwings
Wings from below: flight feathers white barred with black, undersecondary coverts white and underprimary coverts black producing rectangular black mark at wrist
White chin, throat, breast and belly
Brown tail has a number of white bands
Hovers and then plunges into water after fish
Adult male:

Underparts entirely white
Adult female:

Dark necklace of streaks on throat
Immature:

White tips to dark back feathers