Ospreys are very large hawks that are primarily brown and white with white heads, chests and a brown streak through the eyes.

Eyes On The Sky – Osprey Migration Is Underway

By |2024-03-15T04:25:46-06:00March 15th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Ospreys, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It is time for me to keep my eyes on the sky because Osprey migration is underway. Online, in the past week, I've seen them being reported in Montana and Idaho.

Spring Caspian Tern Photos Plus A Bonus Osprey Image

By |2023-05-04T04:42:52-06:00May 4th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Caspian Terns, Ospreys, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

At the end of last month, I had the pleasure of taking Caspian Tern photos as these terns were flying and fishing at my local pond.

Utah’s Ospreys Are Back For Their Nesting Season

By |2024-03-14T16:28:36-06:00April 1st, 2021|Categories: Birds, Daggett County, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Florida, Honeymoon Island State Park, Ospreys, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was hoping to find my first of the year Swainson's Hawks yesterday but instead I spotted my first of year Ospreys. 

Surprise Immature Osprey In The West Desert Of Utah

By |2023-03-27T07:13:44-06:00October 1st, 2020|Categories: Birds, Ospreys, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I don't know how many times I have said "expect the unexpected" since I began photographing birds while talking to fellow photographers.

Juvenile Osprey with a Tiger Trout in the Wasatch Mountains

By |2023-11-13T03:10:35-07:00September 10th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Little Dutch Hollow, Morgan County, Ospreys, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday the "unexpected" bird was a juvenile Osprey in the Wasatch Mountains. I'd say it was unexpected because I'd been photographing songbirds and wasn't expecting to see North America's "Fish Hawk" in the same area.

Ospreys of Honeymoon Island State Park

By |2024-03-14T16:12:19-06:00April 6th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Honeymoon Island State Park, Ospreys, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Honeymoon Island State Park in Pinellas County, Florida is a great place to see and photograph nesting Ospreys, not just one or two nests either, there are often quite a few.

An Osprey and a Whiting over Fort De Soto

By |2024-03-14T16:19:08-06:00October 20th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Ospreys, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This Osprey image was taken in April of 2009 at Fort De Soto's north beach. I had been photographing smaller birds that were close to me when I noticed the Osprey flying in with a whiting.

Please Take Nothing But Pictures Leave Nothing But Footprints

By |2024-03-14T15:44:53-06:00July 3rd, 2014|Categories: Birds, Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Ospreys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The Fourth of July is just a day away and soon many campgrounds, parks and beaches will be filled with people celebrating and sadly leaving trash behind.

An Osprey with its feet entangled by filamentous algae

By |2024-03-14T15:28:37-06:00May 31st, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Lettuce Lake Regional Park, Ospreys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I photographed this Osprey at Lettuce Lake Regional Park from the observation tower, the Osprey had tried to catch a fish but came up with just the filamentous algae in its talons.

An Osprey in flight with a huge Flounder

By |2023-03-28T06:27:54-06:00February 2nd, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Ospreys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This Osprey flying in from the Gulf over the north beach of Fort De Soto came as a surprise to us so I had little time to prepare and get my setting right due to how fast the Osprey was flying.

Ospreys of Flaming Gorge

By |2024-03-14T20:03:31-06:00May 18th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Hawks, Eagles, Ospreys and Vultures, Ospreys, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last year at about this same time these Ospreys were busy building their nest while this year they were already sitting on eggs at Flaming Gorge.

Nesting Osprey pair at Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area

By |2024-03-14T19:40:02-06:00February 22nd, 2013|Categories: Birds, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Ospreys, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It is cloudy and snowing hard outside this morning so I dug into my files and edited these nesting Osprey images I took last year at Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in Utah.

The Osprey VS the Black-billed Magpie

By |2024-03-14T17:39:40-06:00September 19th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Ospreys, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

In May of this year I camped at Antelope Flat in the Flaming Gorge National recreation Area and near the boat ramp there was an Osprey nest.

Summer Lunacy – Nikon’s Image Overlay Function

By |2024-03-14T17:23:08-06:00July 9th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Egmont Key State Park, Florida, Image Overlay, Ospreys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Nikon's Image Overlay Function. Yes, I was experimenting with a little bit of Summer Lunacy. This is a bit whimsical and it makes me smile.

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