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Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
25.1423, -80.9255
Field Notes
Description:
Per the photos, and attached Wikipedia article...this large raptor can reach more than 24 inches in height and 71 inches in wingspan. It is brown on the upper parts and back, and off white on the head, neck and belly, with brown spotting on the underside.
Habitat:
This bird was spotted, along with its mate, building or shoring up a nest in the southern everglades at the Flamingo Visitor Center. The nest was perched on a man-made platform constructed to attract Ospreys.
Notes:
I live in southern Nevada, and we on very few occasions spot Osprey there in late Fall and Winter, presumably migrating south. In the Everglades, they are very common. They as well seem comfortable in close proximity to humans. The nest we watched was just off a well-traveled road close to the Flamingo camping area.
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