A male osprey staring
Tigertail's female calling to the male near their nest before the eggs were laid.
A pair having a break from nest building in Rookery Bay.
Stare!
A female calls to her mate!
An Osprey preening
A female prepares to take off!
Female resting!
The male osprey checks me out!
Tigertail osprey fishing
Hovering over a fish
Hovering before a dive!
Dive!
Feet down to enter the water and grab the fish.
The osprey dives right into the water and is fully submerged.
Catching a fish at Eagles Lakes Community Park.
This osprey caught a very large fish and could hardly get out of the water.
Shaking dry in mid-air!
An osprey with a barracuda!
Carrying a bass
Osprey and Bass
Osprey with fish.
This osprey (and fish) is coming straight towards us.
An osprey catches a fish in Eagle Lakes Park
Osprey and fish in Eagle Lakes Park
Taking a half-eaten fish to a quieter snag.
A great blue heron chasing an osprey with a fish
Male osprey trying to get a fish back from an eagle!
An adult female osprey takes its fresh catch to a sandbank for some privacy.
Eating on a favourite sign.
The osprey starts to eat a fish from its mouth. The easiest place to get the beak into the fish.
Lunch
The Tigertail male eating a pompano on their favorite eating post.
Woops! An osprey dropping a fish!
Osprey and fish
Washing after a meal.
Picking up nesting material from the beach.
An osprey tries to move a juvenile gull from the beach.
This osprey is taking this large stick to its nest.
Another stick for the Tigertail nest
The female brings a stick to the nest
The female bringing in soft material to line the nest.
