Osprey on the beach

An osprey stands in the sand with one leg on a half-eaten fish

Photo By/Credit

Aubrey Kurtz/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

11/21/2021

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Osprey are expert fisher birds that nest over saltmarshes along the coast of Virginia.

Facility

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Coastal

Species

Pandion

Subject tags

Birds

Coasts

Migratory birds

Predators

Raptors

Wildlife

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