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'Osprey Defends Its Lunch' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Osprey Defends Its Lunch

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Everglades National Park, Florida, USA

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus
More Observations from Expedition Everglades

A week-long survey of the biodiversity of the Everglades National Park in Florida in March 2020. (March 2020)

18 Observations
16 Identified Species
Red-Shouldered Hawk Flying Past Emblem of the National Park Service
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)
Pickerelweed
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)
Basking Crocodile
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)
Florida Softshell Turtle
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)
Roseate Spoonbill in Flight
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)
Peninsular Cooter
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)
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105 Observations
64 Identified Species
The Myna and Machhapuchhre
Ghandruk, Nepal (May 2013)
Black-and-White Warbler
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (July 2023)
Savannah Sparrows
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2023)
Male Barred Owl Perched in the Marsh
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2026)
Red-Winged Blackbird Male Perched on Great Mullein
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)
Terns Perch as Storm Approaches
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)
More Observations of Osprey
3 Other Observations
Osprey Pulls Catch from Water
Castine, Maine (September 2021)
Osprey Carries Menhaden Catch
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)
Juvenile Osprey
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)
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