Hawk?, circling osprey! SURPRISED and happy to catch it today.

[elleng]

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[Bayard]

1. Coming back to see you!

[S/V Loner]

2. Same thing.... An Osprey is a hawk.

[elleng]

3. Not exactly.

The Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey, one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk."

The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), sometimes known as the fish eagle, sea hawk, river hawk, or fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings.

http://carnivora.net/-t6137.html?

[ShazzieB]

4. Nice!

I like seeing the bird from all the various angles.

[elleng]

5. ditto, but do like getting close-ups on 'my' nest, 1/4 mile north on the creek.