Territory Battle
by Gary F Richards
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Title
Territory Battle
Artist
Gary F Richards
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting
Description
3rd Place win in the BIRDS OF PREY contest, Members Participating: 280, Images Submitted: 1359, 05/09/2021
Top Finish 5 of 707 in the Square Format contest, 07/29/2021, Members Participating: 144, Images Submitted: 707
These magnificent American Eagle and Osprey raptors are fighting for territory along the Florida coast. This is a square format digital painting. I saw this sight for the first time 30+ years ago and I was mesmerized watching them battle. The birds nest on the lower left is ready for a new season, used by either species year after year, resting on a tree branch or a manmade platform on a pole.
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Osprey
The osprey or more specifically the western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) — also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk — is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts.
The osprey tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. It is found on all continents except Antarctica, although in South America it occurs only as a non-breeding migrant.
American Bald Eagle
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico. It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting.
The bald eagle is an opportunistic feeder which subsists mainly on fish, which it swoops down and snatches from the water with its talons. It builds the largest nest of any North American bird and the largest tree nests ever recorded for any animal species, up to 4 m (13 ft) deep, 2.5 m (8.2 ft) wide, and 1 metric ton (1.1 short tons) in weight. Sexual maturity is attained at the age of four to five years.
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March 21st, 2020
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Comments (111)
Andrew Wilson
Wish I had been there to see this! Well done!
Gary F Richards replied:
Andrew, you would have done it justice in your photography, and thank you for your kindness and support!
Tara Krishna
Spectacular image!! Remarkable and stunning with its amazingly beautiful colors, clarity,light and composition!! fav/vote
Michelle Tinger
Wow, this is an amazing work of art capturing this battle that I, too, have often witnessed
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Gary, on your Win in the Birds of Prey Contest for this wonderful image! Well done. Voted.
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