The Way Home by byronbackyard
The Osprey male heads down the estuary for home, cruising across sunlit clouds towards the nest.
Ospreys are a relatively long-lived bird species. The oldest known osprey in North America was a 25-year old male. The oldest known female was 23 years old. However, very few individuals live to this age. Chance of survival from one year to the next varies between populations, but is estimated to be approximately 60% for young ospreys (less than 2 years old) and 80 to 90% for adult ospreys.
Canon 450D, EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
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Comments
Beautiful shot Byron.
Such a great subject and the sky is often like this … we’re very fortunate here.
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Gorgeously breathtaking Byron! Well done my friend!
Thanks so much Kimberly … I’ve had a Grey Morph Goshawk just above my head in my backyard the last two mornings … this morning when it took off it sat in a tree for ages and screamed. Totally awesome. Haven’t checked out the pics yet but I think not very good, they’re very hard to photograph because they hide and they have dark red eyes … hard to focus.
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Beautiful capture!!!
Many thanks!
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Awsome shot byron! A job well done!
Thanks Sherry!
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Brilliant Capture, gorgeous bird and the sunlit cloud just perfects the image…:)
Thank you so much … lovely comment!
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wow i love this image too nice capture of colours
Thanks so much …. I liked the sky in that one, it’s interesting!
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Beautiful!
Many thanks
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stunning in its beauty !!LIZ
Thank you, lovely comment!
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Thank you for sharing so much info on these magnificent birds. I caught my first shot of one last weekend at Palm Cove in Nth Qld last Sunday… see in my posts
They’re my favorite, although I love the goshawks and all the raptors. Will check out your posts.
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Beautiful capture!
Thanks so much
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