Osprey On A Perch

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On a recent walk by the Deschutes River in downtown Bend Oregon we got the chance to view an osprey. The bird was hanging out on one of the two man made nesting towers provided for the birds. Luckily I had my telephoto lens on and was able to capture a few decent shots.

This is probably the most in focus full zoom 300mm shot I have taken so far with my new lens of a few months. The shot has also been cropped in Lightroom to highlight the bird. I guess time will tell whether I was just lucky or getting more experienced with the lens. 😀

After moving around to get a little better view...

I think I caught his attention and quite possibly his ire judging by his stare down.

Because he begins to stir on his perch...

Open his wings...

Spread them wide...

And fly away.

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Photos taken by me, @oldmans, with a Nikon D3300 and some Lightroom post processing.
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