Osprey

• Scientific Name: Pandion Halietus
• Common Name: Osprey
• Diet: fish
• Color: black and white
• Size: 24 inches
• Active Period: Winter
• Habitat: near water
• Field Identification: a large black and white raptor that Winters near the Colorado River catching fish
• Nest: platform on pole
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Pandion
• Family: Pandionidae
• Order: Accipitriformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: halietus