Osprey - The Fishing Hawk
Pandion Haliaetus or the Osprey is pure fish-eating bird of prey.
The Osprey almost exclusively eats fresh fish and would rather starve rather than eat dead fish and or carrion.
It is a cosmopolitan bird and co-exists and adapts well with human occupation near it's nesting sites.
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