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Today I was at Shark River in NJ and saw this large bird, hawk-like head but with much thinner and longer wings.  It was gathering up twigs and bringing them to a nest on top of a power transformer.  I am going to post 3 pictures (sorry but I don't know how to do it in the same post)

Thanks in advance for the help

2nd Picture

3rd Picture - I think there is at least one other bird in the nest

That is definitely an Osprey- we have them nesting here at the lake. Great pics!

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"Intelligent dogs rarely want to please people whom they do not respect." -William R. Koehler

Yep, definitely an Osprey. Amazing how they can build such a big sturdy nest on a flat platform!!

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We did not inherit Mother Earth from our ancestors...... we have borrowed Her from our descendants.
Chief Seattle (paraphrased)

Phone Conversation:

Hello?

Hi! Good to hear from you!

You, too! You'll never guess what happened to me yesterday!

What?!

These guys from SBC built a cell tower in my yard!

No way!!

We get such crystal clear phone service now... Oh shoot, that dang osprey is attacking the cords again! Breaking... up...

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