Birders
Related: About this forumOsprey kid made it to another perch,
over looking creek and nest!!! Notice talons, and other attributes of 'feet.'
The Osprey's feet have pads with scales modified into tough, barb-like spicules that help grasp slippery fish. They even have a long talon on the "little" or outer toe, unlike other raptors and they are the only hawk that has a "reversible" toe that they can maneuver in position forward or back to help seize fish.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Look at those claws!
Enter stage left
(3,396 posts)that are happening to our wonderful country. Thank you for your contributions, and great photo's.
elleng
(130,895 posts)glad I was able to do so today. (Rain tomorrow.)
dweller
(23,632 posts)Many DU uncle, aunts, grands and cousins here
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elleng
(130,895 posts)Every year, the Kids' parents return here, around St. Pat's Day; the kids take a year 'off' in south/central America, and it is thought the kids return north (near here?) in later years.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Diamond_Dog
(31,997 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,327 posts)Thank you, elleng, for the updates, and excellent photos.
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)Bayard
(22,069 posts)Tho' not looking much like babies anymore.
lark
(23,099 posts)That's the motto for my daughter's college, UNF, that has the Osprey as their logo. They are so cool and nest all over this area near water - which we have in abundance here in NE FL.