osprey, fish eagle (Pandion haliaetus)

Query: birds of prey

Result: 342^nd of 1653

Subject:	osprey, fish eagle (Pandion haliaetus)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Description
Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners, by Florence A. Merriam. Illustrated.
Date 1898
Source http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pageimage/7288953
Author Florence Merriam Bailey
Collection Notable Women in Natural History
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birds_of_village_and_field_(Plate_XVIII)_BHL7288953.jpg

The osprey (Pandion haliaetus)—also called fish eagle, sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk—is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. As its other common names suggest, the osprey's diet consists almost exclusively of fish.

birds of prey
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