Osprey's Catch Traditional Cache
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This cache can be found in the Bear Cut Preserve located in Crandon Park on Key Biscayne. It is a traditional ammo can. There is a $5 admission fee to enter Crandon Park. Park hours are 8 a.m. to sunset.
The Osprey Beach Trail is a 0.6 mile trail (each way) that begins at the Nature Center. It provides an excellent walk parallel with the dunes and shoreline.
The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), also known colloquially as seahawk, fish hawk or fish eagle, is a medium-large fish-eating bird of prey or raptor. However, It is not the same as a sea-eagle. It is found on all continents except Antarctica although in South America it occurs only as a non-breeding migrant. It is widely distributed because it tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location which is near a body of water and provides an adequate food supply. It is divided into four similar subspecies.
Because the Osprey has many unique characteristics, it has been given its own taxonomic genus, Pandion, and family, Pandionidae. It is a medium-sized raptor, reaching 60 cm (24 in) in length with a 1.8 m (6 ft) wingspan. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly whitish on the head and underparts, with a brownish eyepatch and wings.
As its other common names suggest, the Osprey's diet consists almost exclusively of fish. It has evolved particular physical characteristics and exhibits some unique behaviours to assist in hunting and catching prey.
Come and explore the Bear Cut Preserve and visit the Biscayne Nature Center. To get to the Bear Cut Preserve, take Rickenbacker Causeway to Key Biscayne and enter Crandon Park at the North Beach entrance. For more information about programs at the Biscayne Nature Center call 305-361-6767 or visit the website at (visit link)
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