{"id":14087,"date":"2014-02-02T05:46:05","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T12:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14087"},"modified":"2026-02-08T07:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T13:57:57","slug":"an-osprey-in-flight-with-a-huge-flounder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/02\/02\/an-osprey-in-flight-with-a-huge-flounder\/","title":{"rendered":"An Osprey in flight with a huge Flounder"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OspreyAn Osprey in flight with a huge Flounder – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/750, ISO 160, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 135mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I posted another image of this Osprey<\/span><\/a> and the huge Flounder at the end of November 2013 and today I thought I would share one more photo from that series. This is just 6 frames ahead of the other image I shared. Here the Osprey was further away from Adrian and I and hadn’t yet begun to turn towards the south.<\/p>\n

This Osprey flying in from the Gulf of Mexico over the north beach of Fort De Soto<\/span><\/a> came as a surprise to us so I had little time to prepare and get my settings right due to how fast the Osprey was flying.<\/p>\n

I almost fell over onto my back when the Osprey was directly over my head.<\/p>\n

Funny that I should pick a “Sea Hawk” to post today on Super Bowl Sunday instead of a “Bronco”.\u00a0 Ah well, I will just have to get to the West Desert and photograph some wild broncos.<\/p>\n

Go Broncos!<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Osprey photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Osprey flying in from the Gulf over the north beach of Fort De Soto came as a surprise to us so I had little time to prepare and get my setting right due to how fast the Osprey was flying. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,25,704,466],"tags":[4004,5132,4432,13781,4052,2396,4122,5531,4077,4062,3992,4189,3980,4063,11313,4018,373],"class_list":["post-14087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-ospreys","tag-adult","tag-coastal","tag-fish","tag-flatfish","tag-flight","tag-flounder","tag-flying","tag-gulf","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-male","tag-osprey","tag-pandion-haliaetus","tag-pinellas-county","tag-raptor","tag-sea-hawk","tag-sky","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/osprey-flying-flounder-mia-mcpherson-6035.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-3Fd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11423,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/11\/30\/an-osprey-just-floundering-around\/","url_meta":{"origin":14087,"position":0},"title":"An Osprey Just Floundering Around","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of my images make me laugh and this Osprey image with a Flounder that weighs almost as much as the bird does make me laugh.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Osprey with flounder over the Gulf of Mexico, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/osprey-with-flounder-fort-desoto-florida-mia-mcpherson-6038.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/osprey-with-flounder-fort-desoto-florida-mia-mcpherson-6038.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/osprey-with-flounder-fort-desoto-florida-mia-mcpherson-6038.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/osprey-with-flounder-fort-desoto-florida-mia-mcpherson-6038.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15179,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/06\/10\/somethings-fishy-osprey-with-a-flounder\/","url_meta":{"origin":14087,"position":1},"title":"Something’s Fishy – Osprey With A Flounder","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A simple but fishy post today of an Osprey that flew over my head at Fort De Soto County Park taken 5 years ago in Florida.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Osprey with a Flounder over the Gulf, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/osprey-flight-flounder-florida-mia-mcpherson-6032.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/osprey-flight-flounder-florida-mia-mcpherson-6032.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/osprey-flight-flounder-florida-mia-mcpherson-6032.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/osprey-flight-flounder-florida-mia-mcpherson-6032.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30657,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/10\/20\/an-osprey-and-a-whiting-over-fort-de-soto\/","url_meta":{"origin":14087,"position":2},"title":"An Osprey And A Whiting Over Fort De Soto","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This Osprey image was taken in April of 2009 at Fort De Soto's north beach. 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