Hooked

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted July 29, 2013425 views3 comments

Or at least tangled. I was photographing a family of Ospreys last Friday and when I processed the images I noticed the fishing swivel dangling from this adult's feet in all the flight shots. I don't know how functional the bird is-the other one was doing all the fishing in the time I watched, but this one was able to get around the nest, fly and perch in a tree. Unfortunately, that line could get tangled with nest material at any time.

1Div, 300mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, handheld. F8, 1/1600, iso 400, manual exposure (I had to brighten it a bit in ACR, but I wanted to avoid blowing the whites in the field). Processed in CS6 and cropped to 6.2MP. Taken Friday, July 26th at 9:46 am.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 30, 2013 at 5:47 PM

One can clearly see the fishing leader hanging there in the LP Dennis, happens much too often.
Great image!

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on July 31, 2013 at 7:48 PM

Great capture, Dennis - awesome head-turn; not so great circumstance for the Osprey. Congrats on the weekly pic; I only wish the circumstances bringing about posts to the EPJ gallery wouldn't exist - I suppose we can aways dream.

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Comment posted by Greg Lessard on August 16, 2013 at 10:33 AM

Hi Dennis,
I hope you alerted the local wildlife authorities. Here in Massachusetts, the Audubon Society does a great job looking out for osprey. I am hoping that there is either a government agency or an Audubon chapter out in Washington that would be willing to try to help. It is worth a couple of calls.
Greg

Registered on January 14, 2009, 38 Posts, 219 Comments