In females this necklace tends to be wider and more conspicuous than in the males. Ospreys are well equipped for their fishing livelihood. Their keen eyes are far more sensitive than ours, allowing them to detect fish in the water from great heights. They have long powerful legs, and feet armed with inch-long talons. The pads of their feet are covered with hundreds of sharp spines.
Ospreys eat a wide variety of fish.
May. Pollock, cod, tomcod, and winter flounder are fished later in the summer in the coastal estuaries. On inland lakes and rivers yellow perch and suckers are favorites. Ospreys return to Nova Scotia from their wintering grounds in South America and the Caribbean by mid-April. They usually mate for life, and return to the same nesting area year after year. Early in the breeding season the reunited Osprey pair performs and exciting aerial courtship display.