Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Osprey: Fish Hunter- Sky Watch Friday


patrolling the sky
scanning for fish in water
osprey fish hunter
flutter and hover
seeing fish shadows below
preparing to dive

swift steep plunging dive
plummeting down through the air
hunger is appeased

My many thanks to Tom Wigley for hosting Sky Watch Friday . For other Sky Watch entries please visit Tom's page.

28 comments:

Mary said...

Wow...what a great series of photos and the poems just tell it perfectly! What a magnificent looking bird!

Anonymous said...

Wonderful! Those wings are amazing.

Anonymous said...

What a catcher!

SandyCarlson said...

Wow! So graceful in his work.

Anonymous said...

This is just about as good as it gets. Nice photography.

Michele said...

These are fantastic action shots... excellent!
Rocky Mountain Retreat

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

I bow to your excellance with the camera and story.

Anne said...

So great pictures. You must love these birds..., but is a hawk or a earn?? And yes they are really HUNTERS !! Aslosa as wee cant understand it at all.

Nice weekend to you, from Anne in Norway.

Unknown said...

That was really cool!

Mike said...

great sequence of shots, very nice.

Champ Townboy said...

Wow!! Awesome shots.

I saw an Osprey fly over me holding his catch the other day, but it was out of range for my camera. Love these!!

Texas Travelers said...

Great post. You know how I love birds.
Great SWF

My sky is wet.
Come visit,
Troy

Daniel J Santos said...

fantastic, only fantastic.

Rose said...

Oh, those don't look real...fabulous captures!

Voz do meu Coração said...

Simply wonderful, their photos. Congratulations.

Tom said...

Sky Watch without the Sky... I like that.. some might say it's cheating, but I think it is cleaver.. and the picture are very well done.

Anonymous said...

Wow, these are amazing captures!

Anonymous said...

WOW awesome pictures

imac said...

Fantastic photos tells a great story.


My lady and her lamp - are now up and running.

FO - 2 said...

WOW! WOW! WOW!
This is amazing! :)

Jane Hards Photography said...

These are fantastic captures,

Becky said...

Perfect timimg to show him in the dive and catch.
Thanks for sharing.

Sandpiper (Lin) said...

Fantastic!! What wonderful action you caught!

Sandpiper (Lin) said...

I just noticed your new banner! WOW! Really great! I like it.

Angie said...

These are just amazing!

Pat - Arkansas said...

Fantastic series! The action of these birds must be breaktaking when seen in "real life." Wonderful Sky Watch.

Stacey Olson said...

osprey are so fun to watch,.. thanks for sharing

Mo said...

Wow, it's an amazing sight to see ospreys fishing.