. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . 66 OSPREY (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) ;tli, about 23 inches. The Rrtat size,hri>\vn iii)i)or parts and white under parts arcdistiiiLiuishin;; fi-alures. l\anKe: iireeds from northwestern Alaska,and central Canada south to tlie (lulf coast,western Mexico and Lower California; win-ters from the southern United States, LowerCalifornia and Mexico to Central America. A thin, hi^h-pitched whistle, the alarm aswell as tlie call note of tiie osprey, frec|uentlydirects the attenti mi of the i)asser by to thisl
. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . 66 OSPREY (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) ;tli, about 23 inches. The Rrtat size,hri>\vn iii)i)or parts and white under parts arcdistiiiLiuishin;; fi-alures. l\anKe: iireeds from northwestern Alaska,and central Canada south to tlie (lulf coast,western Mexico and Lower California; win-ters from the southern United States, LowerCalifornia and Mexico to Central America. A thin, hi^h-pitched whistle, the alarm aswell as tlie call note of tiie osprey, frec|uentlydirects the attenti mi of the i)asser by to thisline hawk as he circles hi^h in air on the watchfor fish. Tiie bird is common alon^ our to some extent alonij our rivers, and hisbulky nest of twigs, often in low trees orsometimes on the ground, frequently attestshis former presence when he is wintering else-where. When unmolested, ospreys return totheir own strip of territory year after year,and they and their descendants reartiieir young in the same nest for generations,repairing it from season to seas
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