<div dir="ltr">Not on the same level as the (poorly) surfing Osprey video but a couple of observations.<div><br><div>1. I once observed a Great Blue Heron fishing in the shallows on the Willamette R. when it was accosted by an Osprey; likely with a nest nearby. It flushed the Heron, diving at it multiple times, eventually forcing it into the water (the deep end!), whereupon the _Heron_ swam to shore, the Osprey finally departing.</div><div>2. My son worked for a fishing guide on the Deschutes River while in high school. He once observed an Osprey make a single dive at a fishing Great Blue Heron, killing it outright, but then departing. I guess it was on a meatless diet and it was more of a territorial dispute?</div><div><br></div><div>Bob OBrien Porland.</div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 28, 2024 at 9:27 PM Tom and Carol Stoner via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">A friend forwarded this link to the Edhat news in Goleta. A photographer who was getting shots of surfers noticed an Osprey struggling with a fish that was too heavy to fly away with. After a struggle, the Osprey was able to finally "row" itself to shore still holding the fish. The remarkable feature of the story was that the Osprey had its talons placed in such a way that the fish could not "breathe" and had stopped struggling before they reached shore. The photographer caught this detail in his photos. Here's the link: <a href="https://www.edhat.com/news/goleta-surfing-the-osprey-incident/?utm_source=newsletter-644&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily+Newsletter" target="_blank">https://www.edhat.com/news/goleta-surfing-the-osprey-incident/?utm_source=newsletter-644&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily+Newsletter</a><div><br></div><div>Carol Stoner</div><div>West Seattle</div></div>
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