Taken at Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area on Long Island this past weekend, this osprey was on its way back to the nest with dinner for its three young and spouse. :D Oceanside's another of those tough places because it's open only between 9 and 5 so you usually have to deal with harsh light. There was a separate contingent of Central Park bird photographers there as well, looking for a clapper rail and its chicks; I need to ask if the staff would consider a special early open or late close for photographers. There's a lot of beautiful green marsh grass which would be a great background in the right kind of light for lower-flying birds.
400f5.6, 1/1600s, f/7.1, EC +1, ISO 400






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