Sentences with word «osprey»

An osprey is a type of large bird of prey that has a white head and a wingspan of about 5-6 feet. They are known for their ability to catch fish by diving into the water feet-first. Full definition
Since 2004, Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, with the essential support of volunteers and partner organizations, annually monitors the breeding activity of 80 pairs of osprey on nearly 100 nesting platforms in Westport and Dartmouth, MA.
The species «depredated» at JFK, which lies just northeast of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife refuge in the New York City borough of Queens, included thousands of gulls, hundreds of starlings and mourning doves, and a smattering of more majestic species such as ospreys and the American kestrel.
Explore the protected waters of Skidaway Narrows, admire eagles and osprey soaring in the sky, and spot dolphins and otters!
After checking in at the Cooinda camping site, we drive to Yellow Water and take a stroll on the boardwalk, where we see herons, an ibis, a little frog, a stork and two ospreys on their nest.
As we cruise beneath the soaring Rockies, view striking geological formations and waterfalls and watch for osprey, mountain goats, and bears along the shores.
Elk, horses, deer, moose, bald eagles, hawks, turkey, and ospreys make their home within Triple Creek Ranch's 26,700 acres.
I have only heard good things from osprey and the bag is really light with loads of...
Viewing osprey nests, after getting a buttered roll and hot chocolate at the Barnes General Store with my father and sister.
A bald eagle will harass a hunting osprey until the smaller raptor drops its prey in midair, where the eagle swoops it up.
Visit D'Estrees Bay where Ospreys nest and kangaroos come out to graze.
Iona McNair is amazed when she spots a nest of endangered ospreys, unseen for many years in Scotland.
You will enjoy your seven days diving at the world famous «Cod Hole», pristine «osprey Reef» and the beautifully diverse «Ribbon Reefs».
When I see ospreys now I am reminded of how good it is that little jeep and its cart are long retired.
Woodbridge is home to Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge that is a natural habitat for various forms or animal — like osprey and bald eagle — and plant life.
Over 60 species have been recorded at Turneffe including ospreys, many species of heron, and the wonderfully named great breasted mango.
And they have been finding very few occasions where ospreys go into the farm and perch in the wires or perch in the top of a telephone and predate.
However, Norell says the absence of any other bones suggests the skulls «were brought to the nest by adult [oviraptors] who had cleaned out a Velociraptor nest» and like modern ospreys, brought their catch home to eat.
Since 1984, the Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota has been reintroducing ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) to the Twin Cities area.
Her work began reintroducing peregrine falcons in the Midwest and more recently ospreys and peregrines in South Dakota.
Founder of the Environmental Defense Fund, his observations of cracked osprey eggs on Long Island, New York, helped lead to the 1972 nationwide ban of the pesticide DDT.
Tell students that, according to The Environmental Defense Fund, the number of breeding pairs of peregrine falcons in the United States increased from 39 in 1975 to 993 in 1996; the number of bald eagles increased from 500 pairs in 1963 to 5,000 pairs in 1996; and the number of ospreys increased from fewer than 8,000 breeding pairs in 1981 to 14,246 in 1994.
Or the fish, snakes and small mammals I regularly see the eagles and osprey carrying from Lake Jesup?
On the other site we see impalas and an African osprey.
Osprey are perhaps the most commonly spotted birds in the country, and electricity poles are often covered in nests made by osprey.
Ospreys screech from the tallest trees and black hawks hunt the numerous crabs.
Often there are schools of fish under Colinda Cabanas pier which attract Ospreys and Pelicans.
The trees host ospreys, ibis, royal terns, egrets.
The riverbanks are home to all manner of birdlife including cormorants, osprey eagles, ibises and cockatoos.
Aside from the lone osprey who was working on her nest, we had this island all to ourselves and the water was perfect!
There is plenty of wildlife including wallabies, goannas, pelicans and ospreys virtually at your doorstep.
The fauna on the island include the majestic white bellied sea eagle, and smaller osprey soars above the cliffs and rocky shores and reefs.
With meals included, guests enjoy the relaxed and intimate Ospreys Restaurant in an idyllic location overlooking the ocean.
A stunning location at the tip of Plumb Point with an expansive 400» of shore front where seals & osprey abound.
His mustache soars like a triumphant osprey.
The series launched in recent days with an introductory overview, a piece on how ospreys have recovered from the DDT era but face new ills, and a report on troubles with puffins and other northern seabirds facing disrupted food webs and a changing climate.
Because DDT can thin the shells of their eggs to the cracking point, widespread use of the chemical almost led ospreys and other raptors to extinction.
It also provides a feeding and resting area for large flocks of waterfowl and osprey during migration.
Save the Eagles International (STEI) has posted photographs of raptors perched on nacelles or nonmoving blades, and ospreys building a nest on a decommissioned turbine.
Not to mention the feet — if you see a giant osprey - looking bird that has yellow feet, it's a bald eagle.
In the course of the standing issue Lord Hope talks about ospreys — hence my title, but a bit more context first.
Your professional, experienced bilingual guides will give you a safety talk and paddling instruction, lifejackets, helmets & then you're off... Hopefully you'll get to see lots of wildlife like monkeys, sloths and tropical birds such as ospreys, oropéndolas and toucans.
At the same time, we kept our eyes peeled for ospreys and blue - footed boobies.
We are seeing pelican and sea lions feed everyday, hunting osprey, harbour seals and more.
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