Osprey catches 3 fish and realizes there is a 2 fish limit and like a good bird, the Osprey immediately drops the third fish. This is a great example of how Osprey can let go of their prey whenever they want. | Mark Smith Photography
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Osprey catches 3 fish and realizes there is a 2 fish limit and like a good bird, the Osprey immediately drops the third fish. This is a great example of how Osprey can let go of their prey whenever they want. | Mark Smith Photography
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Osprey Fishing Adventures on the Gold Coast
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Osprey Fishing Adventures on the Gold Coast
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The moment an osprey hits the water and sinks its razor-sharp meat hooks into a fish, the clock starts ticking. Somewhere below the surface, a freshly impaled fish is sending out all kinds of distress signals. For many creatures under the deep, those distress signals are like a dinner bell. The osprey has to get itself out of the water in time, along with its weighty catch. In this case, a massive pompano that more than likely weighs more than the bird itself. Unbelievable. | Mark Smith Photogra
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The moment an osprey hits the water and sinks its razor-sharp meat hooks into a fish, the clock starts ticking. Somewhere below the surface, a freshly impaled fish is sending out all kinds of distress signals. For many creatures under the deep, those distress signals are like a dinner bell. The osprey has to get itself out of the water in time, along with its weighty catch. In this case, a massive pompano that more than likely weighs more than the bird itself. Unbelievable. | Mark Smith Photogra
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Osprey fishing in Florida | Harry Collins Photography
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Osprey fishing in Florida | Harry Collins Photography
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Surrounded by gusty gales, massive waves and dozens of hungry pelicans, this young Osprey is fighting to secure its floppy catch, a huge mullet. The sooner the better because advertising a fish this large isn’t a great idea. Luckily for the Osprey, there were plenty of fish in the ocean and you can see the moment this poor fish goes still. Glad I’m not a fish. | Mark Smith Photography
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Surrounded by gusty gales, massive waves and dozens of hungry pelicans, this young Osprey is fighting to secure its floppy catch, a huge mullet. The sooner the better because advertising a fish this large isn’t a great idea. Luckily for the Osprey, there were plenty of fish in the ocean and you can see the moment this poor fish goes still. Glad I’m not a fish. | Mark Smith Photography
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Osprey fishing for flounder in Florida | Harry Collins Photography
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Osprey fishing for flounder in Florida | Harry Collins Photography
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An osprey fishing in spectacular super slow motion | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart
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An osprey fishing in spectacular super slow motion | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart
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Have you ever seen an Osprey skip across the surface of the water like a stone? Sometimes that’s the preferred method of hunting, especially when the fish are sitting right on the surface. Watching this bird navigate the entire process blows my mind. It literally snatched a mullet from the top of the water by its tail and never missed a beat. Glad I’m not a mullet! | Mark Smith Photography
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This is an amazing example of why ospreys are perfect anglers. This bird didn’t come crashing violently into the water, it snatched a single fish from the surface with both sets of talons. That’s impressive. Good job Osprey and glad I’m not a fish. | Mark Smith Photography
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Amazing Osprey Shot Captured at Sunset
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An osprey struggles with a large fish in Florida | Harry Collins Photography
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During the height of the largest fish migration on the east coast of the United States, predators come from every direction and while this osprey struggles with its massive catch, something else lurks just below the surface. That is a hungry shark and it wants the osprey's fish but luckily for the osprey, the shark was a millisecond too slow. Now that the osprey is free and clear of the toothy beasts below, it only has to fight the wind and its floppy catch. I had an idea that this happened but
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With a howling wind pushing in from the east, this Osprey uses the strength of the oncoming wind to practically catapult it out of the ocean depths. Without the wind, they just wouldn’t be able to easily wrestle a large Atlantic Menhaden from the surf like this, and because the bird doesn’t have a “good grip,” the wind becomes even more helpful, allowing the Osprey to kind of hover in place while it adjusts its cargo. | Mark Smith Photography
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When an osprey crashes into the water at full speed, you never really know what’s going to happen.They might surface with empty talons.They might snag a minnow.Or… they might be locked in the struggle of their life, wrestling a fish that absolutely refuses to leave its watery world.I love how this bird kept one wing pointed up and out of the water the entire time. It’s almost a, “hold my beer,” style move but in this case maybe it’s a, “hold my perch” salute. I love the way it surfaces and shake
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Osprey Wrestling a Pompano (or Is It a Permit?)I love watching ospreys hunt in the mighty Atlantic. You never really know what they’ll wrangle from the surf, sometimes it’s a tiny finger mullet, other times a baby shark. But today? This bird pulled up a thick, silvery slab of muscle. Pompano… or maybe a Permit? I can never tell the difference.But I’m certain of 2 things: that fish isn’t giving up easy, and this osprey’s got a feast for an entire family.Glad I’m not a fish! | Mark Smith Photograp
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What a catch! Find out about Osprey photography at Rothiemurchus here on our website: https://bit.ly/3NpvPBD #rothiemurchus #aviemore #osprey #wildlifephotography | Rothiemurchus
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This Osprey Just Got CatfishedI’m always fascinated by what Ospreys pull from the ocean. You never know what they’ll wrangle from the surf. This one? Half a catfish. Just half. So… what happened to the rest?From the slow, cautious approach, I knew it was a catfish. Ospreys nearly always come in carefully when dealing with these guys. Catfish are prickly. They have sharp, bony spines laced with bacteria and a mild venom. Judging by its expression, I think it’s wondering the same thing I am: Where
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After a quick dip into the Atlantic Ocean, this beautiful Osprey locked eyes with me and flew right towards my camera. Its fresh catch, a Jack, got an unexpected aerial tour of its home. In many ways, the fish was literally transported into another dimension. I always joke and say, “Glad I’m not a fish,” and this is the perfect reminder of why. I’m constantly exploring new ways to get closer to these incredible animals, so we can all see them in a new light. For the photographers out there, this
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As the sun rises over the Atlantic Ocean, one lone Osprey has spotted a fishy breakfast in the surf below. This bird knows that a full-on dive into the waves comes with the potential problem of getting trashed about in the power of the surf, so it just skims the surface and plucks a poor, unsuspecting mullet from its watery home. Even though the bird didn’t submerge itself, it still managed to take on some water. In order to fly efficiently, it must get rid of that extra water weight with a nice
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The Osprey is still my favorite bird to photograph and film. Their abilities never stop blowing my mind, and this one? Absolutely incredible.From the high-speed, feather-perfect dive, to the insane precision of snatching a needlefish right off the surface.Even with that slippery, lively cargo, it lifts off like it’s nothing. No one else around. Just me, the bird, and a reminder that nature doesn’t stop performing. Glad I’m not a fish! | Mark Smith Photography
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A few snaps from my recent Osprey Workshop up in Aviemore. | Gary Jones Wildlife Photography
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When Osprey grab a hold of something a little more challenging, they often spread their wings out wide and use them just like an outrigger on a boat. The goal here is simple. Stay afloat. But the onslaught of waves coupled with a rather large fish that is trying its best to swim down deep is making things difficult. This bird’s choices are extremely limited. It can let go of the fish and start the whole process over or it can hold on and fight for its life! Hunger is a powerful motivator, and wh
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Bird photography - Osprey catching fish
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Photographing Ospreys on Lake Champlain | A Story of Nesting, Fishing & Perspective
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Osprey Hunting And Catching Fish
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Osprey in Need of a Fish: A Nature Photography Moment
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Sometimes the Osprey are so close I need an umbrella! Filming them when they are this close is extremely difficult too and I only ever manage to get a very small amount of footage but it’s always worth it. Glad I’m not a fish! | Mark Smith Photography
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Caught the Moment Everything Went Wrong for This Osprey #wildlife #birdlife #nature
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I never thought I’d get to witness an osprey diving right through a rainbow, but that’s exactly what happened. The real question is what’s at the end of that rainbow. Was it a pot of gold or was it something else? If you know the Osprey, then I think you know what it found at the end of its rainbow. | Mark Smith Photography
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This is the perfect example of why ospreys just might be the best anglers in the world. I’ve seen this thousands of times, and it still makes me wide-eyed with wonder at just how they manage to accomplish their amazing feats of flight, falling, submerging, and then flying again but with a fish in tow. For those wondering, this osprey managed to rip a ladyfish from the water. Glad I’m not a fish. | Mark Smith Photography
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