In Japan, this bird is called, Taka, which also translates as, Hawk.
And, in English, some folks call it a Sea Hawk.
The Latin name is Pandion haliaetus.
To me, it is an Osprey but, I try not to use that word around my Okinawan friends.
They get Ospreys confused with some flying machines the military uses to protect them.
The other night, in a barroom discussion, I discovered something.
Most of my English-speaking friends, in Okinawa, never heard of a bird called an Osprey.
So, I decided to post this photo and, a link all about the bird.
And, I will start calling my favorite birds Ospreys, again.
Sea Hawks, they are a ball team, back in Seattle, or somewhere.
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