As a group, with their masterly powers of flight and their swashbuckling mode of life, the birds of prey are by far the most exciting and romantic of all our breeding species … The “King of the Birds,” the eagle is recognized the world over as the symbol of power and flight; but surely Nature in the course of evolution has not fashioned anything quite so superb in every way as the osprey.
As a group, with their masterly powers of flight and their swashbuckling mode of life, the birds of prey are by far the most exciting and romantic of all our breeding species … The “King of the Birds,” the eagle is recognized the world over as the symbol of power and flight; but surely Nature in the course of evolution has not fashioned anything quite so superb in every way as the osprey.
George Waterson
