Osprey in flight with kokanee salmon

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by JohnCooley from Nelson CA on 04 Sep 2025

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Taken near the mouth of Kuskanax Creek near Nakusp, British Columbia. The fall landlocked salmon run was just beginning at the end of August. 200-500mm zoom @ 460mm, Nikon DSLR, f 6.3, 1/1250s. Tripod. Uploaded at reduced resolution for web use.

Camera: NIKON D7500
Focal: 460 mm
Shutter speed: 0.0008 sec
Aperture: f/ 6.3

tagged: osprey bird in flight wildlife fishing salmon spawning animal flying beak vulture buzzard hawk kite_bird vertebrate wing accipitridae accipitriformes bird_of_prey