For many years, I have wanted to capture a sequence showing an osprey plunging into the Lake and then rising out of the water carrying a fish. Four summers\u00a0ago, I managed parts of the sequence, but alas when the osprey surfaced, it had no fish (see, osprey plunge<\/a>). \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n There could be many reasons for my failures: The event is unpredictable; It is fleeting; It is distant. But, the bottom line is that, as yet, I just have not figured out how to capture the moment. Sure, I have pictures of an osprey packing a fish (often headless<\/a>), but I have had difficulty\u00a0recorded the moment of capture.\u00a0<\/p>\n Although I still lack the whole sequence, progress was made last Monday while walking along a beach\u00a0near the mouth of Kokanee Creek. I heard a splash and swung around to see an Osprey lifting a sucker from the Lake. My favourite shot of the capture was taken one second later as the airborne Osprey flew off with its reluctant prize. Not Kokanee: a few correspondents challenged my identification of the fish as a Kokanee. It is now confirmed to be a sucker. For many years, I have wanted to capture a sequence showing an osprey plunging into the Lake … Continue reading
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