2. BIRDS OF MAINE Showcasing beautiful, Maine birds

BIRDS IN FLIGHT

Broad-winged hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern harrier, Bald eagle, Osprey, American Black duck, European starling, Red-winged black bird, Cowbird, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Phippsburg, Maine, Snow geese, Canada geese, Pine siskin, White-winged crossbill, American kestrel, Double-crested cormorant, Bufflehead, Red-breasted merganser, Herring gull, Greater Black-backed gull, Great Blue Heron, Snowy egret, Turkey vulture, Black vulture, Mute swan, swans, Common Atlantic eider, Atlantic puffin, puffins, Sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper's hawk, hawks, Greater Yellowlegs, shorebirds, Mallards, fishing, hunting, with food, American crows, Raven, hawks with crows, eagle with osprey, Bohemian waxwing, Cedar waxwing, waxwings, Black guillomot, American coot, ducks, Northern pintail, Belted kingfisher, Laughing gull, Ring-billed gull,
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    Osprey, also called Fish Hawks, Pandion haliaethus is a migratory bird of prey in Maine. This large raptor hunts only live fish. It hovers in the air over water to see fish then plunges feet first to capture fish. Osprey and Herring gull in flight, gull chased Osprey with fish, Osprey dropped fish (probably and Alewife) which can be seen on bottom right of image. Phippsburg, Maine at Popham beach on the Kennebec River in spring, birds in aerial food battle. Pandion haliaetus, or Osprey are also called Fish Hawks. In Maine, they are a migratory, bird of prey. These large raptors hunt only live fish which they capture by plunging feet first into the water. They hover in flight to search below the water surface.
    Common tern coming out of a dive with water displaced behind it, Atlantic ocean diving bird, PHippsburg, Maine