fish eagle https://www.scienceblogs.com/ en Gone Fishing https://www.scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/05/23/gone-fishing <span>Gone Fishing</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/osprey" rel="tag">osprey</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/fish+eagle" rel="tag">fish eagle</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Pandion+haliaetus" rel="tag">Pandion haliaetus</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/raptors" rel="tag">raptors</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/streaming+video" rel="tag">streaming video</a></span> </p><p>This streaming video, courtesy of National Geographic, shows a brief glimpse into the life of the osprey, or fish eagle, <i>Pandion haliaetus</i>. It's amazing to see the size of the trout that these birds catch and carry to their nests. This video features some really interesting visual angles, too [2:34].</p> <!--more--><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/29PI-Wmd-w0&amp;hl=en" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/29PI-Wmd-w0&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Fri, 05/23/2008 - 02:59</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/birds-prey" hreflang="en">birds of prey</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/fish-eagle" hreflang="en">fish eagle</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/osprey" hreflang="en">osprey</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/pandion-haliaetus" hreflang="en">Pandion haliaetus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/raptors" hreflang="en">raptors</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-video" hreflang="en">streaming video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2060672" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1211628170"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Many years ago, fishing from a boat with my brother and parents on Lake Bemidji, my mother rared back to cast from the bow of the boat, zinged the rod forward, and snared my father with a Daredevil's treble hook through the cheek back where he was sitting by the motor. Laugh? Not on your life: we didn't want to swim back to the dock!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2060672&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="mFX-S8iVI2pCnWX0tLYc8TWlr8HD6snWvQmjrPaFq0w"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.talkrational.org" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">RBH (not verified)</a> on 24 May 2008 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/23184/feed#comment-2060672">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2060673" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1211628324"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Rats. That comment was supposed to go on Laden's blog from which I came here. Sorry for the weirdness.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2060673&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="ZvBOJRYv_ugGaTMC7bf2YUeiKZd3kJUv6MoPuHWk3LE"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.talkrational.org" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">RBH (not verified)</a> on 24 May 2008 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/23184/feed#comment-2060673">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2060674" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1211669107"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>About 15 years ago, I took my boss on a fishing trip on the St John's River. we were using HUGE golden shiners (maybe 8-10 inches long) and during one high arching cast, an osprey snagged the shiner in mid-air.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2060674&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="VdiYUzB2CGhFiUDtkAA7LXowxB68RcZc7iSxzYjzgl8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">cthulhu&#039;s minion (not verified)</span> on 24 May 2008 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/23184/feed#comment-2060674">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2008/05/23/gone-fishing%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Fri, 23 May 2008 06:59:59 +0000 grrlscientist 87031 at https://www.scienceblogs.com