{"id":6577,"date":"2017-12-24T12:50:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T20:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\/?page_id=6577"},"modified":"2017-12-24T12:50:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T20:50:07","slug":"2013-06","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/published-writings-and-art\/salish-sea-stories-48-north-magazine\/2013-06\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 \u2013 7 Osprey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-7-Ospreys-typeset.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6693\" src=\"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-7-Ospreys-typeset.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"983\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-7-Ospreys-typeset.jpg 983w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-7-Ospreys-typeset-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-7-Ospreys-typeset-768x675.jpg 768w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-7-Ospreys-typeset-560x492.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ospreys<\/p>\n<p>Swiveling toes, that\u2019s the adaptation that helps make the osprey a very successful fisher-bird. Bald eagles are reportedly only successful on about 10% of their dives for dinner, but ospreys catch a meal 90% of the time, that\u2019s 9 in 10 dives! Outer toes swivel around to grasp and hold a struggling fish, and ospreys usually only have to worry more about marauding eagles or harassing gulls as they get their fish a shore-side perch. However, ospreys can\u2019t swim, so occasionally they grab a fish that is too big, and once hooked, the fish swims downward towards escape and drowns the talon-locked bird.<\/p>\n<p>Look for a swept-back \u201cV\u201d wing profile and black elbow patches, a salt-and-pepper color, dark above and light below \u2013 and a tail with alternating dark and white bands. Females have a mottled band across their chests and six-foot wingspans \u2013 and they\u2019re larger than males. Listen for an eagle-like plaintive whistle that, once learned, will swivel your head around to look every time, guaranteed. Since ospreys are mostly fish-eaters, watch for them in coves or bays where salmon run \u2013 the still waters help them see what they\u2019re catching.<\/p>\n<p>Larry Eifert paints and writes about wild places. His work can be seen in many national parks across America &#8211; and at larryeifert.com.<\/p>\n<p>***previous*** &#8212; ***next***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ospreys Swiveling toes, that\u2019s the adaptation that helps make the osprey a very successful fisher-bird. Bald eagles are reportedly only successful on about 10% of their dives for dinner, but ospreys catch a meal 90% of the time, that\u2019s 9 in 10 dives! Outer toes swivel around to grasp and hold a struggling fish, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/published-writings-and-art\/salish-sea-stories-48-north-magazine\/2013-06\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2013 \u2013 7 Osprey<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6453,"menu_order":107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6577","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6577"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6700,"href":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6577\/revisions\/6700"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}