Osprey
Pandion haliaetus cristatus ‡
Cairns Swamp, Manunda, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_7936 20230831 - flying with fish.
Notes: Mostly white head & underparts; thick dark brown
eye-stripe, back. Varying dark brown
breast-band. Iris pale yellow. In
flight, bowed wings, blackish patches at carpel joint, underwing
coverts of
primaries unbarred & extensively ashy brown. Male clean white underparts.
Female:
larger; variable 'necklace'. Juvenile: browner; whitish fringes to
upperparts; bolder necklace;
brown flecks on white crown. Plunge dives for
fish. Occurs near coasts & large water bodies.
Range from eBird©(last 10 years)
Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_8438 20260207 - hovering, searching for fish. CLICK for another moment.
Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_1460 20230311 - flying with fish aligned. CLICK for another 20231019.
Uranga, SE Qld IMG_5408 20220621 - male bringing fish to nest. CLICK showing female leaving w. the fish.
Uranga, SE Qld IMG_5330 20220621 - male feeding. CLICK for female feeding.
Green Island, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3548 20231111 - adult. CLICK for another view.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_0490 20240318 - carrying nesting material. CLICK for one at Yardie Creek, CapeRange NP, NW WA 20180930.
Cairns Swamp, Manunda, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3836 20191222 - CLICK for a female flying along Trinity Inlet, Cairns,FNE Qld 20240813.
Machan's Beach, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_5032 20240901 - CLICK for it flying off.
Urangan, Hervy Bay, SE Qld IMG_5910 20190714
Newell, FNE Qld IMG_3160 20151105 - juvenile: brown flecks on crown. CLICK for another; Green Island, Cairns FNEQld 20191221
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_0470 20240318
Green Island, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_4496 20191106
Uranga, SE Qld IMG_5350+5470 20220621 - first male then female eating sashimi.