Bird Photo: Osprey on the Move

Camera: Pentax K3

Lens: Pentax F4  DA 300mm

Exposure: f/7.1   1/1250   ISO 200

Location: Kin Dam, Okinawa, Japan

Date and Time: FEB 20, 2015  2:34PM

Bird of the Day: Meet the Osprey (Image)

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.


 

Learn more about Ospreys Here



Sea Hawks the Birds You Gotta Love Them

 

At an undisclosed location in Okinawa, Japan these birds put on a show today.

Sea Hawks are also known as Fish Hawks, Fish Eagles

and Ospreys but, I don't call them that, anymore because that is like a cuss word in Okinawa.

The scientific name for these birds is Pandion haliaetus.

Just watching them fly is a blast.

They like to eat fish.  And, it doesn't matter if they are fresh or, saltwater fish.

So, you might see them performing their aerial acrobatics over the ocean, a lake, river, or pond.

Any place they can find fish to eat, you will spot them.

 Seeing one of these raptors when they spot a fish and dive is a big thrill.

 That didn't happen today, while I was there.

But, one of the reasons you gotta love these Sea Hawks is what this guy did.

He nabbed a dirty rat and put it out of circulation !

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