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May 9, pt 2
In other news, I was excited this weekend when I saw a pair of Osprey hovering over the Jersey Shore at Island Beach State Park. For those of you who don’t know… the Island Beach is about 65 miles due east of Philadelphia. It’s one of the only untouched spans of mid-Atlantic coastline left. Except for the fishermen (who are allowed to drive their SUV’s onto the beach) the coast looks as it did 500 or 1000 or 5000 years ago. I think that’s pretty neat.
The Osprey were hovering above this beach, perpetually searching for the fish which make up 99% of their diet. They fly pretty low and have a 5 to 6 foot wingspan, so with a 300mm lens fully extended I got some good shots. One is up a few posts down and one will go up later this evening. I stuck the Osprey up as my desktop background here at work. I sit and stare at it.
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