The osprey is a unique bird that often nests on tree tops or utility poles near water, where it catches its food â live fish. It also has adaptations that help it hold onto those slippery fish, including reversible toes and barbed pads on its feet to help grip and fly with heavy, large catches. Photo by Kirsten Wahlquist/Adobe Stock
The osprey, an impressive fish hawk
Not only through an amazing experience of watching a bird or animal does one develop a “reverence for all life.”
One of my birding friends and I were recently at Dutch Charlie, inside Ridgway State Park, driving and looking for any new bird species that might have arrived.
I was telling her that I had seen an osprey on April 15 and the bird was sitting on a dead tree limb. After driving to different parts of the park, we ended up stopping by the same dead tree and told her this was the “ospr...