Osprey photograph in a recent Macauley Library email...

Photo by Matt Gillfedder

Is there anything as intense as an Osprey's stare?

Photos by BarrytheBirder

The photo at top, taken by Matt Gillfadder, appeared recently in a Macauley Library email which I received.   It immediately caught my eye because of the intent and penetrating look of the Osprey.  To my mind, no other raptor has the look of the Osprey's orange piercing eyes.   It's also the black, arching eyebrows that give it that inimitable fierce gaze. 

I have dozens of Osprey photos that I have taken over the years, in my photo files.  The one pictured below, of Osprey nest at the top of a light standard, was taken at a baseball diamond on the Ravenshoe Sideroad, southwest of Keswick, Ontario, , near the northern reaches of the Holland Marsh, just south of Lake Simcoe.

Please comment if you wish.

Barry the Birder