[EBB Sightings] New personal high count from train: 10 Osprey

Andy Pedler wrote:

> Hi Hilary,
> 
> I'm not sure why Osprey carry fish, but back east it
> is not uncommon to see migrating Osprey carrying fish
> with them for great distances.  It is as though they
> grabbed food to go.

That's likely to be a factor too - but I like the courting theory Brian 
Zeller proposed: it fits with the exuberance of the dance.

Red-tailed hawks do something similar; I once watched one flying around 
and around a tree where another was sitting, and the flier had (his?) 
landing gear fully extended all the time, awkward as it musta made level 
flight. To a human eye, it seemed obvious that the purpose was to show 
off the length and power of the legs and talons: "Lookit these feets, 
willya?! Such meals I can bring for you and the kiddies!"

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