Hawks, Falcons, Kites, Harriers, Osprey, Etc
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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
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