By God's Wisdom

Ospreys are fish-eating hawks. They have eyes that are well adapted to detecting underwater objects from the air.

They have barbed pads on the soles of their feet and curved claws, two in the front and two in the back, to pluck fish from the water and carry them for long distances. In flight, ospreys will hold the fish vertical to ease wind resistance.

Even though they are large birds, they have short tails.

Ospreys live on every continent except for Antarctica.

Younger ospreys have upper parts that appear scaled with cream.

When Ospreys lay eggs, both parents help to incubate them. They usually lay three eggs, but they don't hatch all at once. As a result, the older chick will dominate the younger ones. If food is scarce the younger chick may starve to death.

Ospreys breed in United States and Canada, and then migrate up to 8000 kilometers to South and Central America. Hawks are used in the Bible to represent the wisdom of God because it is by God's wisdom, not man's, that hawks take flight and spread its wings toward the south.

"Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom

and spread its wings toward the south?"

Job 39:26 (NIV)