osprey, fish eagle (Pandion haliaetus) Title: The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: National Geographic Society (U.S.) Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930 Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927 Kennard, F. H., (Frederic Hedge), 1865- Cooke, Wells Woodbridge, 1858-1916 Shiras, George, 1859-1942
Subjects: Birds
Text Appearing After Image: 66 OSPREY (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis)
Date 1918
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_book_of_birds,_common_birds_of_town_and_country_and_American_game_birds_(1918)_(14752290251).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.
