Dahab´s Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) | What a bird!

Yesterday, during our lunch break, I saw "our" two ospreys sitting on their favourite place again: the antenna pole on the police station. I took my D90, put my 300mm Tamron on it and headed towards them. Just next to the station, there´s a slightly higher diving-school/hostel or whatever, where I´d already spent some time on the roof  to photograph them (or rather to wait for them "to do something"). But - and that´s the usual case - they didn´t. One essential requirement  for shooting wildlife is being very,very patient. And that´s definetely not always easy. The D90 with the batterypack and the Tamron on is quite heavy after a while, at least if you´re holding it and constanly aiming at your subject. After a couple of minutes of them just sitting  and looking around, one of them spread ist wings (check the wingspan - incredible!!!) and flew away. Again a couple of minutes later it came back, flew a circle and landed smoothly on the antenna again. Wow!!! My heart was beating - I knew I had some great images. Take a look for yourself - I just can´t stop looking at them :-)

 For those interested in reading more about the osprey, gain some basic knowledge on wikipedia .

If you are a birdlover or just like looking at them, you should have a look at my post on Dahab´s birds.