How to Use osprey in a Sentence

osprey

noun
  • The group watched as two crows chased the osprey into some trees.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 12 June 2025
  • There were ospreys, hawks, and a lot of tree swallows.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
  • At the tip of a dead tree an osprey looked out over the distant lake.
    — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Active osprey and bald eagle nests can be seen from this spot.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 4 May 2018
  • An osprey lifts from its skeletal hull to glide low across the water.
    — Lizzie Pook, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Keep an eye out for ospreys, egrets, blue herons, and dolphins, which all call the area home.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
  • An osprey carrying a fish in its claws.
    — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Also are the sights of ospreys and eagles.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Terns and laughing gulls raced by, and a lone osprey with a fish in its claws soared overhead.
    — Jordan Salama, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2020
  • There is an active osprey nest in the middle of the parking lot.
    — Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2026
  • Above me, an osprey circles calmly in the sky, scanning the blue for a meal.
    — Southern Living, 12 July 2020
  • To the right, a huge osprey took off from a telephone pole with a few languid flaps of its dark wings.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The fleet has become a rich habitat for marine life, as well as seabirds such as ospreys.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Not just bald eagles, but fish-eaters like osprey and blue heron also once died out on the James.
    — Tamara Dietrich, baltimoresun.com, 13 July 2019
  • The osprey father sat with a fish in its talons waiting until the young were safely back in the nest.
    — Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The osprey is also far from the most keep-Oregon-weird symbol.
    — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 14 July 2017
  • Atop snags struck dead by lightning, ospreys built their nests; their sharp calls reaching us like cymbals over bass line.
    — Bridget Crocker june 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025
  • Sharif estimated the ospreys will depart in two to three months, once their chicks are able to fly.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • An osprey hovered and dived into the still water and emerged with a black crappie clutched in its talons.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2018
  • Sharif estimated the ospreys will depart in three to four months, once their chicks are able to fly.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Or a bald eagle, osprey or loon, a moose, deer or fox, or any of numerous other types of wildlife.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • In the early fall, ospreys, hawks and eagles swoop in, screeching and hungry.
    — Adam Erace, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Viewers can spot swans, herons, egrets, sandhill cranes, muskrats, mink, deer, bald eagles, osprey and more.
    — Michigan Wildlife Council, Detroit Free Press, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Overhead, a pair of osprey circled in the mist, searching for breakfast.
    — Michael Gordon, charlotteobserver, 28 May 2018
  • The deck faces the rear yard and wetlands, not to mention deer, fox, osprey and sometimes sandhill cranes.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Along the river, look for more birds like kingfishers, osprey, and eagles.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The power company sent thoughts to both the fish's family and to the osprey who dropped the fish.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Wildlife in the park includes bald eagles, ospreys and manatees.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026
  • By June 7, the osprey was rebuilding its nest atop the platform.
    — Jenny Berg, Star Tribune, 14 June 2021
  • Hawks, eagles and ospreys build huge platform nests that can be more than 6 feet wide and several feet deep.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025

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