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Originally Posted by supernova1965
Welcome to IIS look forward to more of you photo's could you please give some sort of reference as to the size of the bird are osprey's a large or medium sized bird. 
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Thank you Warren.
The adult Osprey, a.k.a the Sea Hawk or Fish Hawk measures about 60 cm(24 in) and has a wingspan of up to 180 cm(72 in). So I would say a medium size raptor with a very impressive wing span. They dine on fish and use both the dive/swoop and grab approach as well as the steep dive/plunge. Folks that live along the marshes and waterways here will sometimes find large fish in their yards that were dropped by the Osprey. Bald Eagles like to steal their catch in flight, the Eagle almost always wins out.