I revisited the set of photos that I shot of an Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with a fish in its talons, perched on a dead tree limb overhanging Fox Road at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Prince William County, Virginia.
The Osprey was looking at me directly in the following photo. I wonder what the bird was thinking. With a piercing glare like that, I’m guessing he wasn’t thinking “Would you like to join me for lunch?”

23 AUG 2018 | Occoquan Bay NWR | Osprey (male, plus prey)
In stark contrast with the Osprey’s piercing glare, notice the fish’s vacant stare.
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Tags: male, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, predator, prey
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