Ospray catching fish !

I never new they could do that   

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What a catch!

How precise!    
I want to have these eyes   

Fish: "Whieie, I can flyyyy" *Sorry, I'm in a funny mood right now...*
Impressive catch! Thanks for showing Susanne

Poor fishes   

Cool. I live by a river and have seen this quite a few times. They sit in a tree, and when they see a trout they swoop down and grab it. It is kind of frustrating when I am fishing and don't catch any, and the osprey will swoop down and catch a monster fish.    

Great, i saw this real and live in Egypt:)

I love the way it shakes the water from its feathers like a dog that just came out of the pool.
Only this bird does it while flying AND holding a fish.
Impressive!

Bloodrayne wrote:

I love the way it shakes the water from its feathers like a dog that just came out of the pool.
Only this bird does it while flying AND holding a fish.
Impressive!

Yes ! Isn't it amazing , - cool birdie !

SUSANNE wrote:

Bloodrayne wrote:

I love the way it shakes the water from its feathers like a dog that just came out of the pool.
Only this bird does it while flying AND holding a fish.
Impressive!

Yes ! Isn't it amazing , - cool birdie !

I'm always (usually) on the side of the weaker animal. Bad eagle!!!     

jonesee wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

Bloodrayne wrote:

I love the way it shakes the water from its feathers like a dog that just came out of the pool.
Only this bird does it while flying AND holding a fish.
Impressive!

Yes ! Isn't it amazing , - cool birdie !

I'm always (usually) on the side of the weaker animal. Bad eagle!!!     

Everything needs to eat, and ospreys, eagles, falcons, hawks, etc. just aren't equipped to eat plants and berries. They are designed to be predators and eat accordingly.

Yes ! All creatures are bad then, - I am sure those fish have eaten hundreds of fish themselves

SUSANNE wrote:

Yes ! All creatures are bad then, - I am sure those fish have eaten hundreds of fish themselves

Cannibals!    

That almost looks like Yellowstone National Park in the beginning. Ospreys are one of the few birds of prey (that I'm aware of) that can get/spot a fish larger than themselves, dive to get it, rise back up out of the water with the extra weight of fish and water in their feathers, and shake it off mid flap. They are incredible hunters.
Thanks for sharing Susanne.   

cattlecollector wrote:

jonesee wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

Bloodrayne wrote:

I love the way it shakes the water from its feathers like a dog that just came out of the pool.
Only this bird does it while flying AND holding a fish.
Impressive!

Yes ! Isn't it amazing , - cool birdie !

I'm always (usually) on the side of the weaker animal. Bad eagle!!!     

Everything needs to eat, and ospreys, eagles, falcons, hawks, etc. just aren't equipped to eat plants and berries. They are designed to be predators and eat accordingly.

Everyone could be vegetarians like me   Yes, I do know that and I love biology and nature I do understand but don't like it.

Jonas, I am happy to hear you are vegetarian, - I suppose you don't eat fish either ?
This means that you are serious about it.

But think about it, - if animals don't get killed, there would soon be so many that they would starve to death, or die of illness.

Unfortunately humans are still so reptile-brained that we kill each other for territories or whatever.
I hope we may evolve so far that we can controll our numbers in a more sensible way !!!

SUSANNE wrote:

Jonas, I am happy to hear you are vegetarian, - I suppose you don't eat fish either ?
This means that you are serious about it.

But think about it, - if animals don't get killed, there would soon be so many that they would starve to death, or die of illness.

Unfortunately humans are still so reptile-brained that we kill each other for territories or whatever.
I hope we may evolve so far that we can controll our numbers in a more sensible way !!!

Haha yeah I'm very serious  No fish no meat no chicken etc.

I understand just wanted to be annoying   But yeah, it's okay that animals eat each other, people should not touch them. And certainly not keep pigs and cows in messy tiny boxes.
Ok, fish, R.I.P  Let's end this useless conversation  

SUSANNE wrote:

Jonas, I am happy to hear you are vegetarian, - I suppose you don't eat fish either ?
This means that you are serious about it.

But think about it, - if animals don't get killed, there would soon be so many that they would starve to death, or die of illness.

Unfortunately humans are still so reptile-brained that we kill each other for territories or whatever.
I hope we may evolve so far that we can controll our numbers in a more sensible way !!!

Except that so many animals which comprise, ultimately, part of humanity's food consumption, exist because they are specifically
bred for that purpose.  We would all be planting soybeans instead of raising cattle, chickens, etc.  

That was the osprey where i saw how he catched a fish

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