If your lucky, you might even see it hunt. Maybe you’ll notice the white underside, or the M-shaped crook of its wings. The nest of an Osprey family on top of a dead tree along the Rogue River.Īdult ospreys grow to be approximately two feet long with a six-foot wingspan, longer than the average American is tall! Next time you’re near a body of water, look for a large bird hovering about 100 feet off the water. There are several recorded instances of an osprey nest atop a telephone pole causing power outages! In May 2019, a small town in Massachusetts reported an osprey-related power outage that left 3500 homes and businesses without power. You will commonly see osprey nests on the top of dead trees, telephone poles, or bridges. They like to perch their nests on top of tall, open areas where they can survey their surroundings easily. Ospreys also conveniently place their nests where you can easily spot them.
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Their piercing call is also very recognizable, a shrill series of sharp whistles. Notice the white underside and brown wings. They’re mostly dark brown on top, with a white underside and white head. Imagine trying to run with a 65-pound backpack on. One of most powerful birds of prey, ospreys can fly with loads up to 40% of their body weight. This bend in their wings gives them the ability to lift heavier loads than other birds of their size. It’s easiest to recognize them while they’re flying due to the unique, M-shaped bend of their wings. They’re everywhere near large bodies of water.
If you’ve ever spent time near water in the Pacific Northwest, you’ve probably seen an one, whether you know it or not. This makes the osprey incredibly unique, being the only bird of prey that thrives worldwide with very little biological difference between the ones that live in Vietnam, Nigeria, Sweden, Belarus, Saudi Arabia, Northern China, Kazakhstan, Peru, Cuba, or Portugal and the ones that live in the Pacific Northwest. The tern has only 5 subspecies, and the great egret and osprey both boast only 4. The Wikipedia entry for barn owl, under subspecies, just says “Many.” It’s a little easier to be everywhere when there are so many types of falcon considered to be a peregrine. The peregrine falcon currently has nineteen accepted subspecies. Two species owe that fact to their ever-expanding number of subspecies. This leaves five species of birds that have evolved the biological flexibility, hardiness, and survivability to thrive anywhere. Notice the white underside and m-shaped crook of the wings. The cattle egret, although not personally aided by humanity, spread so widely thanks to human’s domestication of cattle. The short-eared owl also owes worldwide spread to the assistance of humans, having been introduced to parts of the world it never could have spread to alone. Pigeons and sparrows are a common sight in pretty much every major city in the world.
While two of the nine – pigeon and sparrow – are as familiar to us as cats and dogs, the other seven – short-eared owl, cattle egret, great egret, peregrine falcon, barn owl, tern and osprey – are hiding in plain sight. The kingdom of Prester John, historic guardian of the priceless Holy Grail.īirds of Prey is a Courtney Family Adventure from bestselling author Wilbur Smith.Over 10,000 bird species grace our planet’s skies, but only nine occupy every habitat available to them. To the defense of the final Christian stronghold in Africa. And for a woman whose unstinting courage will outshine them all.įrom the dungeons of Good Hope to the uncharted wilderness of the Dark Continent and then to the fatal narrows of the Red Sea, Hal's faith will lead him to his destiny. For the rich and pampered Dutch heiress, Katinka. And the most dangerous adversary on the African continent, the Dutch swordsman Schreuder. A fellow Knight Templar, now his father's betrayer. A dangerous mutineer, sworn to extract to revenge. The bloody capture of the Dutch merchantman, and three valuable hostages, launches Hal into a perilous adventure which only the bravest will survive.Īlong the way Hal will encounter many enemies. It is the beginning of the quest that will sweep them from the new settlement of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa to the Great Horn of Ethiopia far to the north. Sir Francis Courtney and his son Henry 'Hal' Courtney, in their fighting caravel Lady Edwina, are on patrol off the Agulhas Cape of Southern Africa: lying in wait for one of the galleons of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient laden with treasure to fall into their net. It is 1667 and the Dutch and the English are at war.
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