This osprey is hunting along Drakes Beach. Osprey are frequently seen along the shore in the Point Reyes National Seashore. Osprey are fish eaters. To catch fish they will hover over a body of water and plunge into the water to catch the fish. Osprey also eat rodents, birds small vertebrates and crustaceans.
Osprey make their nests in trees, atop power poles and on Osprey platforms near bodies of water.
Osprey are on the Audubon Society Blue list. They are dark brown on the back with a white body. There are dark patches patches at the carpal joints on the underside of the wings. There is a distinctive dark eye strip. Osprey can be mistaken for gulls.