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Title: Osprey at Work Post by: valhalla on 08-Aug-11, 05:31:24 AM Great video - watch twice! :2thumbsup:
http://www.arkive.org/osprey/pandion-haliaetus/video-00.html (http://www.arkive.org/osprey/pandion-haliaetus/video-00.html) Title: Re: Osprey at Work Post by: Donna on 08-Aug-11, 06:33:24 AM WOW!!!! That was insane! I can't believe the size fish it was grabbing. Loved the part where it went right under water, came up and was shaking off while flying away. Thanks. :clap:
Title: Re: Osprey at Work Post by: Donna on 08-Aug-11, 06:44:54 AM http://www.arkive.org/osprey/pandion-haliaetus/video-09b.html (http://www.arkive.org/osprey/pandion-haliaetus/video-09b.html) I like this one too, listen to the sounds the babies make. I never knew this.
Title: Re: Osprey at Work Post by: Donna on 08-Aug-11, 06:50:35 AM http://www.arkive.org/suriname-toad/pipa-pipa/video-00.html (http://www.arkive.org/suriname-toad/pipa-pipa/video-00.html) OH and EW!! How does that happen? This gave me the heebs!!
Title: Re: Osprey at Work Post by: MAK on 08-Aug-11, 07:26:12 AM WOW!!!! That was insane! I can't believe the size fish it was grabbing. Loved the part where it went right under water, came up and was shaking off while flying away. Thanks. :clap: :yes: You said it Donna! That video was most excellent and I'll be watching it more than twice!!! Thank you so much for sharing Janet! :wave: Title: Re: Osprey at Work Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 08-Aug-11, 07:33:40 AM Aaaaaarrrrrrrgh! STILL won't let me in! I will restart...
Title: Re: Osprey at Work Post by: Annette on 08-Aug-11, 10:54:41 AM Stunning videos! :notworthy:
Title: Re: Osprey at Work Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 08-Aug-11, 07:30:51 PM It's entirely possible that I'm losing my mind, but didn't Paul post a video some years back of an Osprey with a fish so big it was struggling to get airborne a second time? Presumably it had made it from the water to shore initially.
Title: Re: Osprey at Work Post by: Paul Hamilton on 10-Aug-11, 08:19:53 PM It's entirely possible that I'm losing my mind, but didn't Paul post a video some years back of an Osprey with a fish so big it was struggling to get airborne a second time? Presumably it had made it from the water to shore initially. My wife, Mary, took that (in 2004, as I recall). We are vacationing on Sandy Island, in Lake Winnipesauke, and I am now sitting very close to where it happened.. The Osprey had caught a very large bass, at least five pounds. It was making its way across the island in a series of twenty foot flights. It was too late in the season to have chicks to feed, so I assume it was looking for a safe place to eat the fish.Paul Title: Re: Osprey at Work Post by: Carol P. on 10-Aug-11, 09:48:57 PM Great video - watch twice! :2thumbsup: http://www.arkive.org/osprey/pandion-haliaetus/video-00.html (http://www.arkive.org/osprey/pandion-haliaetus/video-00.html) Wow is right! That is such incredible footage. Love the mid-air roust. Thanks Janet! Love Osprey! So beautiful! Title: Re: Osprey at Work Post by: valhalla on 11-Aug-11, 05:09:15 AM The Osprey had caught a very large bass, at least five pounds. It was making its way across the island in a series of twenty foot flights. It was too late in the season to have chicks to feed, so I assume it was looking for a safe place to eat the fish. Paul The Osprey has a very interesting talon set-up, which essentially have forward and aft talons that close in (sort of like clasping your hands). This allows the Osprey to both catch the fish and subsequently turn and point the fish forward for aerodynamics. Sometimes this talon arrangement does not work in the Osprey's favor - especially with very large fish that can drag/hold the Osprey down and prevent the bird from leaving the water. Osprey have drowned because the talons really snagged these big fish and the fish was too heavy. Paul's fish could have won, but didn't. :clap: |