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Osprey Taking Off
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Osprey Taking Off

by David Schwaegler

Category: AvianAdded October 11, 2005500 views

Birds of Prey

Keywords: osprey, pandion, haliaetus, flight, flying, ocean, beach, california, ca

Notice how I micro-composed this image to place the beak between the fingers of the primary feathers. Okay, I was just lucky!

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Image Reference: 2263Image Format: Digital Capture - 5 to 7MPImage Crop: Less than 75% of originalDigital Enhancement: NoneModel Release: NAProperty Release: NACaptive: No