"As a group, with their masterly powers of flight and their swashbuckling mode of life, [View all]

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the birds of prey are by far the most exciting and romantic of all the breeding species....The "King of the Birds," the eagle is recognized the world over as a symbol of power and flight; but surely Nature, in the course of evolution, has not fashioned anything quite so superb in every way as the Osprey." *

- George Waterson
* "Return of the Osprey- A Season of Flight and Wonder", David Gessner , 2001.