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Oregon Coast Birding - Birds of Prey
Ospreys feed almost exclusively on a fresh fish diet, and their body designs are well equipped for capturing their prey at the surface of the water. Ospreys have long legs with long, sharp, curved claws enabling them to clutch their fish prey underwater and possess quick closing naval valves when entering the water on a feeding dive. Also, ospreys have spiny footpads called spicules used to grab hold of the slippery fish prey underwater and a reversible outer toe for handling the captured fish during flight. Ospreys can maneuver their claws to position the fish head first into the air, a behavior pattern believed to make flying easier with their prey in tow. Generally, ospreys circle in the air over the water looking for their prey and once a fish is identified, the osprey dives downward in flight entering the water feet-first. After entering the water, the raptor flaps its wings horizontally with its legs extended forward eventually lifting itself and its fish prey out of the water.
Photo of an adult osprey hovering in the air waiting to identify its fish prey swimming near the surface of the water, at which point the osprey will accelerate downwards in flight in a feeding dive entering the water feet-first seeking to grab a hold of its prey before flapping its wings horizontally to lift itself and its recently caught prey out of the water.
Photo of an osprey flying over the waters of the Siletz Bay Estuary specially equipped for its daily routines of hunting for small fishes at the surface of the water with such adaptations as long legs with long, curved, sharp claws, spiny footpads called spicules used to grab hold of the fish underwater, a reversible outer toe for handling the fish during flight and effective nasal valves which shutoff quickly when the osprey enters the water.
Photo of an adult osprey taking a break from its normal hunting activities positioned along the river banks of the Siletz River grooming itself and drinking fresh water, one of the main areas available to the Wildlife Explorer where these amazing birds of prey can be observed in the wild along the Oregon Coast during the spring and summer months.
Photo of a pair of ospreys tending to their nest site located near the Siletz Bay Estuary built on top of a utility service pole for added sturdiness, a nest site the breeding pair of ospreys utilize over and over again during their annual breeding seasons, generally occurring from a time period of April to August every year as well as being the best time of the year for Wildlife Explorers and Oregon Coast Birders to observe them in the wild.


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