County Of Yellow Medicine issued the following announcement on Aug. 27.
Osprey
Yellow Medicine County
Osprey's are unique among North American raptors for its diet of live fish and ability to dive into water to catch them.The name "Osprey" made its first appearance around 1460, via the Medieval Latin phrase for "bird of prey" (avis prede). Some wordsmiths trace the name even further back, to the Latin for "bone-breaker"—ossifragus.
Ospreys are unusual among hawks in possessing a reversible outer toe that allows them to grasp with two toes in front and two behind. Barbed pads on the soles of the birds' feet help them grip slippery fish. When flying with prey, an Osprey lines up its catch head first for less wind resistance.
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