Osprey Portraits

Osprey Whisperer

Hello folks. Some osprey portraits I thought I would share with you. All taken from the boat on the local waters near Venice Florida. Thanks for looking.

Cheers.

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Ric Grupe

Terrific set, Mike!

The windshield-wiper shots are particularly cool.

Gale

Super Mike
They are back:>))))
See ours have been more active also

Hope all is well Mike

Harryb

ivar Its great to see ya posting again.

Marvlous set of images as per your norm.

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Ric Grupe wrote: »

Terrific set, Mike!

The windshield-wiper shots are particularly cool.

Thanks Ric. The images with the nictitating membrane closed and half open/closed were interesting. I believe there was an insect hatch on the water and these little buggers kept triggering the membrane. The osprey didn't seem to be too pleased with the bugs.

The image with the osprey "scratching" ..well..that goes without saying. It's always fun until someone loses an eye. An osprey needs to be very very careful when scratching an itch.

PGM

Just terrific. Could not pick a favorite. When you say these were shot from a boat, are they hand held shots or did you have a tripod on the boat? Best, Pam

David-Stallard

Simply outstanding, you guys have no idea how lucky you are to have such an abundance of wildlife to photograph, don't get too many Osprey etc in London

.DAVID.

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Gale wrote: »

Super Mike
They are back:>))))
See ours have been more active also

Hope all is well Mike

Hey Stranger, Thanks Gale. The ospreys NEVER leave . My local buds are around all year. :ivar They will be starting the nest refurbishing soon and then the dirty bird behavior followed by chicks. I can't wait. Won't be long now.

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Harryb wrote: »

ivar Its great to see ya posting again.

Marvlous set of images as per your norm.

Thanks Harry. Nice of you to say. Will try to keep them coming. :ivar

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PGM wrote: »

Just terrific. Could not pick a favorite. When you say these were shot from a boat, are they hand held shots or did you have a tripod on the boat? Best, Pam

Thanks Pam. I ALWAYS shoot hand held from the boat. The waters down here are not very calm. I usually experience a 2'-3' chop. A tripod just makes the rocking worse. I took a tripod out the first time and the thought of one has not crossed my mind since. Even on land I can't wait for the sun to rise enough to get rid of it (tripod). I'll use one from land .....but don't like them.

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David-Stallard wrote: »

Simply outstanding, you guys have no idea how lucky you are to have such an abundance of wildlife to photograph, don't get too many Osprey etc in London

.DAVID.

Thanks David. I have a pretty good idea what I have in my backyard. I see more birds in a day here than I use to see all year where I use to live. Paradise of feathered friends .:ivar

Lindiwe

Outstanding set of images. It's too hard to pick a favourite.

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Lindiwe wrote: »

Outstanding set of images. It's too hard to pick a favourite.

Nice of you to say. Thanks.

kdog

Super series, Mike. They look like family portraits, albeit comical ones. That ear-scratch is a hoot.

Cheers,
-joel

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kdog wrote: »

Super series, Mike. They look like family portraits, albeit comical ones. That ear-scratch is a hoot.

Cheers,
-joel

Thanks Joel. Imagine having a horrible itch and having to scratch it with THOSE TALONS. rofl

dlplumer

Harryb wrote: »

ivar Its great to see ya posting again.

Marvlous set of images as per your norm.

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dlplumer wrote: »

Thanks Dan...but agreeing with him could lead to trouble. D