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 Ospreys

(Pandion haliaetus)       ORDER: FALCONIFORMES        FAMILY: ACCIPITRIDAE

 
                ~August 18, 2009
Back Bay, Newport Beach, CA

~ August 7, 2008
Back Bay, Newport Beach, CA

"Why an Osprey?"  This was the caption on my Christmas card with this photograph of an osprey.  I don't know ... why not?  Ospreys are one of the largest birds of prey and are found world wide save Antarctica.  Their diet consists of fish.

This was the first photo of a bird I took with my newly purchased Canon 40 D camera.  My husband, Jerry, and I were in the Back Bay in Newport Beach, and we spotted this osprey.  Whoa ... I was so excited that I could see such detail with my camera.  This was the start of my desire to photograph birds.  I will post more detailed, better shots as I capture them, but I plan to keep this original photo.