Osprey

Photos copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • El Valle, Panama • 1 May 2010

Bird name: Osprey
Latin: Pandion haliaetus
Other: Aguila pescadora (Es), halieto • Aguia-pesqueira (Pt) • Balbuzard pêcheur (Fr) • Falco pescatore (It) • Fischadler (De)
Family: Pandionidae • Osprey
Range: Worldwide, especially tropics, coastlines and Canada, Russia, China.

I saw a couple of Ospreys in the Valle de Anton area. One in the town itself and one higher in the mountains, both near water.

Ospreys have long thin wings and a distinctive “zorro” eye mask. They are white underneath with brown marks on wings, upperside is brown. Ospreys eat fish almost exclusively.

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