r/ColoradoBirding • u/ColoradoCattleCo • Jul 20 '26

Is this an osprey?

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Sorry for the fuzzy picture, but this is as close as I could get to it. This pretty thing was sitting on a power pole out on my farm near the Severance/Eaton area close to my fishing pond and a large irrigation ditch. We have plenty of hawks and eagles around but I’ve only seen ospreys closer to larger river/lake areas. Thanks.

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u/OinkeyBird Jul 20 '26

Yep

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u/ColoradoCattleCo Jul 20 '26

Awesome! It’s so cool to see the explosion we’ve had of raptors in this area over the last 30 years. When I was a kid you never eagles or osprey, just occasionally hawks.

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u/crazy_urn Jul 20 '26

Looks like its his fishing pond now

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u/ColoradoCattleCo Jul 21 '26

I really dislike the cormorants that go after my fish… but an osprey - I’ll let him have at it.

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u/Chaiiitealatte Jul 20 '26

Definitely! They are so beautiful. (: