Osprey

Field marks

1. Slender, large raptor with long, narrow wings and long legs
2. Dark brown upperparts sharply contrast with mostly white underparts
3. White head marked by a broad dark-brown stripe through each eye
4. Black, strongly hooked bill; pale blue-gray feet with long curved talons
5. In flight, wings show a distinct wrist kink forming an M-shape from below
6. Pale underwings show dark wrist patches and barred flight feathers