yes that certainly could be it. direct sun, no breeze, about 90 degrees at 10am...
On 6/2/13, Richard Zaineldeen <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is possible it was cooling itself off? > > Richard ZainEldeen > Brooklyn, New York > > > > > today while walking the shore of Florida Bay looking for > invertebrates, i suddenly noticed an osprey in the water as i > approached from the shore...it did not dive in while i was there... > its head and neck were sticking out of the water, and its wings were > held along the surface. first i thought maybe it was injured, and as i > started to walk out towards where it was , it began to stir, > eventually started flapping, and after more or less clumsily > skimming the surface and kicking the water, it eventually flew low > over the water to a semi- nearby mangrove island and landed in a > mangrove tree. was this a bird that may still have been learning > flight? is it unusual to see an osprey semi-submerged like that? seems > like the bottom there was too shallow (and the water way too turbid) > to be fishing > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
