Osprey Bringing Greenery to the Nest
Pandion haliaetus
                    
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July 3, 2009 Photograph, Week Five, Osprey Bringing Greenery to the Nest (Pandion haliaetus), Occoquan Bay NWR, Woodbridge, Virginia, © 2020.
The greenery is probably to serve as food and a source of water for the chicks as well as helping cool the nest a bit.

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