Thank you for your help in my video post yesterday! I feel so almost hip, putting a video on YouTube and then getting it to work on my site! It actually wasn’t hard, as it works the same way my Wednesday puzzles work.
I need help again. A couple of days ago we saw what looks to be a large hawk flying back and forth over the pond, head directed down, hunting for something/someone! But his head was so light. We usually see red-tailed hawks here, but the light head on this guy has thrown us for a loop. Mostly brown, lighter undersides. Suggestions? Maybe it’s a red-tailed hawk flying incognito wearing a toupee’?
Oh, and be forewarned: I took a jillion hummingbird pictures this week. I’m trying to narrow them down to a very few favorites. They must be migrating south, as this is the most feeder activity we’ve had all summer.
–Sue
I am not 100% sure, but from what I can see in your pictures and comparing it to pictures in the bird book, I would say that it is an Osprey. Their diet is almost totally fish related and they are common to be seen over water. I know they have been seen in the Twin City area.
Patrick
yep i agree, it’s an Osprey. love the hummer pics too.
I agree, it must be an osprey. I didn’t realize they were so big, but according to my Nat’l Geographic bird book, they are bigger than the red-tailed hawks with a length of 22-25″ and a windspan of 58-72″. Thanks, Patrick & Pam!
I think its an osprey too, but can’t see underneath for the light areas and the white spots on the wings. The dark eye stripe makes me thing osprey. We had live birds in the Visitor Center this summer (this weekend again too) and we also are part of an osprey reintroduction at Lewis and Clark Lake. Each year they bring in about 25 young birds about ready to fledge and release them as they mature. Osprey will come back to breed and nest wherever they first learn to fly.