I spent the better part of a half hour watching this male Osprey as he sat perched in a tree by a pond. He was closely watching the water, waiting for the opportunity to catch its next meal.
I stood ready, hoping to capture my first quality pictures of an Osprey diving into the water – an amazing scene if you have ever seen images or video. Well, the photographer’s attention wandered and I then started looking around at everything except my subject. That is of course the moment he dove into the water.
I missed the shot but I did at least manage this nice sequence of flight images after he emerged from the water (empty handed) and went on to try fishing elsewhere.
![A male Osprey makes a low level flight across a pond in Longmont, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)](http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MYRQo8y_Seo/Vfdzca156TI/AAAAAAAAPzo/ZP-CpQWqoMc/s710/2015-08-02%2B08-54-29%2B-%2B0256.jpg)
![A male Osprey makes a low level flight across a pond in Longmont, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-SuqvbqcJKqg/VfdzcnHY21I/AAAAAAAAPzk/DX-X5IQvk3U/s710/2015-08-02%2B08-54-29%2B-%2B0257.jpg)
![A male Osprey makes a low level flight across a pond in Longmont, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iWh4uZF4j2w/VfdzcozVGtI/AAAAAAAAPzg/if-mFzm0lLE/s710/2015-08-02%2B08-54-29%2B-%2B0258.jpg)
![A male Osprey makes a low level flight across a pond in Longmont, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hwZ2lpt2D7I/Vfdzes9NkkI/AAAAAAAAP0Q/fS5b-Z_bUQM/s710/2015-08-02%2B08-54-29%2B-%2B0259.jpg)
![A male Osprey makes a low level flight across a pond in Longmont, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-X_BTdwbxldM/VfdzfIqdONI/AAAAAAAAP0M/9y9trp3XtaQ/s710/2015-08-02%2B08-54-31%2B-%2B0263.jpg)
![A male Osprey makes a low level flight across a pond in Longmont, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-552UktpMCzw/VfdzfFMrEgI/AAAAAAAAP0k/5bznibU7uRQ/s710/2015-08-02%2B08-54-31%2B-%2B0266.jpg)
![A male Osprey makes a low level flight across a pond in Longmont, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0gb4iT__9Dk/Vfdzf2Ie9gI/AAAAAAAAP0U/PQ9V3U-SqpY/s710/2015-08-02%2B08-54-31%2B-%2B0267.jpg)