OSPREY - Pandion haliaetus
This is a mated Osprey pair. The male is on the lower branch, the female on the upper. This illustrates (hopefully) that the female is slightly larger than the male and also the difference in plumage. The female has a marked breast, where the male has a plain white breast. The female looks as if she is wearing a dirty apron. That is how I remember which is which.. Pandion haliaetus, Osprey, also called a Fish Hawk, is a migratory raptor in Maine
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