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Enchanted Learning® Photoblog Posted August 23, 2012 7:32 pm

Osprey Perching on a Mast

The osprey is a large fish-eating hawk, with beautiful yellow eyes and a distinctive head stripe. Also known as the sea hawk or fish hawk, the Seattle Seahawks football team uses a stylized osprey as its logo. The osprey is also the official provincial bird of Nova Scotia.

Scientific name: Pandion haliaetus

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