Today’s bird

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Family: Osprey

Osprey is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.

Did you know

  1. It is piscivorous, with fish making up 99% of its diet.

  2. Ospreys will typically eat on a nearby perch but have also been known to carry fish for longer distances.

  3. Reports of ospreys feeding on carrion are rare, but they have been observed eating dead white-tailed deer and Virginia opossums.

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