THE NATIONAL CKOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



COASTING IN FOR A PERFECT LANDING 



The female is approaching a nest built in the sand dunes. Once a nestinf? place is chosen, 

 the birds are most persistent. An instance is recorded of a pair of ospreys which selected a 

 telephone pole as a home site, and in spite of the fact that the nest was torn down several times 

 by harassed linemen, the birds continued to rebuild. Finally a new pole was set up to one side 

 and the wires moved to it, leaving the birds in triumphant possession of their favored spot. 



BRINGING A MFAE HOME FOR TllE FAMIEY 



The osprey will not carry a fish tail-first, presumably because a head-first hold affords better 



control of the jerking, twisting pr^ 



