Date: January 26, 2020
Location: E.G. Simmonds Park, Ruskin, Florida
GPS Co-ordinates: 27.7469, -82.4715
Habitat: Favorite nesting spots will have easy access to open, shallow water. Near lakes and streams.
Weather/Conditions: Sunny and warm
First Sighting: 1995
Bird’s Actions: Fishing and bringing food to chicks.
Bird’s Appearance: Moderately large bird with piercing eyes and sharp talons.
My Actions: Osprey are one of my favorite birds and I love to watch and admire them.
Remarks: The osprey or more specifically, the Western Osprey, also called the Sea Hawk, River Hawk and Fish Hawk, is a diurnal, fish eating bird of pray with a cosmopolitan rang. It is a large raptor, reaching more tha 60 cm in length and 180 cm across the wings.
