Wandering Aimlessly

 

The Fish Hawk

by Phil Burkhouse

 

Fishermen, as with all specialty groups, come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and ability levels.  While human beings can be classified as predators, we have inferior senses to the wild predators who must kill to survive.  Humans can use their advanced powers of thinking and take advantage of a myriad of technological products designed mainly to separate you from your money, but I doubt there is a human deer hunter alive with the hunting skills of a wolf or cougar.  That being said, there is not a human fisherman alive who belongs in the same category with the best fisher alive, the fish hawk or osprey.

The osprey, also sometimes referred to as the fish eagle, is a bird of prey that will occasionally dine on rodents and snakes, but the fish hawk is so named because it is almost exclusively a fish eater.  One internet site I surveyed stated ninety-nine percent of the osprey’s diet is composed of fish.

 

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