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#Osprey

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 14/09/2026

Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Mamas&Papas, so here's an osprey pair I saw on their nest out at the wetlands. #Photography #Birds #Ospreys

Two ospreys sit on a nest of large sticks and spanish moss, both looking to the right. The one on the left appears to be the female and the one on the right is the male (according to google lens). Background is clear blue sky and entire bottom of the frame is nest.

@Swede1952 @swede1952.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Good morning. 🌞🌤️🌦️ 6 September 2026 I’ve realized that if I’d stop putting off things that don’t actually need doing right away, I’d probably get a lot more done. ... 1/8 #photo #photography #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #morning #osprey #chores #procrastination

"An osprey rises from the ocean with a heavy, deliberate lift, its wings stretched wide like two great sails catching the morning air. The bird is distant enough that its details blur into suggestion — a pale chest, dark wings, the unmistakable hooked silhouette of a raptor — all softened by the space between you and the moment.

Water trails from its talons in thin, sparkling droplets, each one catching the light before falling back to the rippled blue surface below. The ocean itself is calm, a sheet of shifting blues and silvers, disturbed only by the faint splash the osprey has just left behind.

Even without crisp detail, the posture tells the story: the bird is powerful, rising with purpose, wings beating in a steady rhythm as it pulls itself free from the sea. The scene feels almost mythic — a hunter emerging from the water, distant, ghostlike, yet unmistakably alive.

The whole image carries that “seen from afar” quality: a real moment, captured honestly, softened by distance rather than exposure. It’s the kind of photograph that feels like a glimpse — a fleeting encounter with a wild thing doing exactly what wild things do." - Microsoft Copilot