Lucien informed them that the osprey is a bird common to both. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North] Reference
Birds such as osprey Pandion haliaetus and peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus occur within the designated areas. From Wordnik.com. [Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno, Mexico] Reference
The osprey is a kingly bird. From Wordnik.com. [Empresses and Consorts] Reference
It represented an osprey tugging a fish from some sea rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
The controversial V-22 osprey is now in Iraq, but is it safe?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2007] Reference
Or if a fish eagle or an osprey found itself entangled in the meshes?. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
A certain osprey, by altogether abstaining from meat obtained felicity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Fish-eating raptors include the bald eagle, peregrine falcon and osprey. From Wordnik.com. [Taiga ecoregion (CEC)] Reference
Will seemed set on getting a picture of that osprey nest he had discovered. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery] Reference
And he (the Rakshasa) bore me away, who cried like the Kurari (female osprey). From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
It grew larger, and became an osprey on its way to the sea in search of a fish. From Wordnik.com. [The Golf Course Mystery] Reference
A lone osprey hovered overhead, attracted by a glimmer of baitfish in the shallows. From Wordnik.com. [Hoot]
Far above the Maraposa golf links circled a lone osprey on its way to the inlet or ocean. From Wordnik.com. [The Golf Course Mystery] Reference
He used, sometimes, to sit high up on a cliff and watch the osprey swoop down to the water. From Wordnik.com. [Bird Stories] Reference
First he spotted the T-shaped shadow of the osprey crossing the pale green water beneath him. From Wordnik.com. [Hoot]
Draupadi crying piteously in affliction like a female osprey, and repeatedly appealing to them. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
The osprey, Pandion haliaetus, also arrives to this region during the winter months in the north. From Wordnik.com. [Magdalena Valley dry forests] Reference
And now the poor defrauded osprey must go to work and catch another fish before he can have his dinner. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878] Reference
High up a great osprey was sailing in the blue, while around us the impudent Canada jays were clamoring. From Wordnik.com. [Sweetapple Cove] Reference
NGUYEN: Well, it can fly like a plane or hoover like a helicopter, but is the v-22 osprey cut out for combat duty?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2007] Reference
And saw the silhouette of the osprey as it swooped in from the southeast and landed on a powerpole overlooking the pond. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Almost every morning, the osprey, or fish-hawk, comes in front of the window and fishes in the shallow water near the house. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878] Reference
The eagle is considerably larger than his victim, being about three feet in length, while the osprey is only about two feet. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878] Reference
Dusk was now closing in on the dark and frowning tower that was perched like an osprey upon the basalt cliffs that overlooked the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
The last living osprey was sitting on its graveyard perch, and squawking at nothing in particular, because keeping busy is a good thing. From Wordnik.com. [super-suzan Diary Entry] Reference
The site also supports an abundance of resident and migratory bird populations, including bald eagles, osprey and numerous hawk species. From Wordnik.com. [Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maryland] Reference
Birds include eagles, hawks, owls, peregrine falcon, osprey and a variety shorebirds and waterfowl along the coastal part of the section. From Wordnik.com. [Northern California Coast (Bailey)] Reference
MESERVE: You're listening to testimony before a panel meeting in Arlington, Virginia, looking into the future of the V-22 osprey aircraft. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Relatives of Marines Killed in Osprey Crashes Testify Before DOD Panel - March 9, 2001] Reference
Birds of concern include the brown pelican, lesser tern, osprey, black rail, clapper rail, marbled murrelet, spotted owl and bank swallow. From Wordnik.com. [Central California Coast (Bailey)] Reference
Arguing per contra, the osprey has been killed in our own county more than once; it is thus "local;" it is also "British," nesting in North. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
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