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Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
16.3327, -88.151
Field Notes
Description:
Ospreys are very large, distinctively shaped hawks. Despite their size, their bodies are slender, with long, narrow wings and long legs. Ospreys fly with a marked kink in their wings, making an M-shape when seen from below.
Ospreys are brown above and white below, and overall they are whiter than most raptors. From below, the wings are mostly white with a prominent dark patch at the wrists. The head is white with a broad brown stripe through the eye. Juveniles have white spots on the back and buffy shading on the breast.
Habitat:
Sand spit on Ranguana Caye.
Notes:
This osprey was standing in the shallow water, from time to time, dipping its beak into the film of water washing across the sand.
I have to admit, I'm not sure what it was doing. It was there for quite some time, but didn't seem to be bathing, and it wasn't obviously eating anything that I could spot.
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