Kathy Brown, Take Off (ANIMAL & NATURE 2025)

A beautiful sunny day at the beach and the local osprey was having a rest with the seagulls on the reef when it suddenly took off. The ocean and its gorgeous aqua colours provided a very scenic backdrop to the bird in flight with its large and powerful patterned wings as it left its perch. The stunning Bundjlung National Park and the littoral rainforest in the background. Captured at Iluka Bluff beach. Iluka, NSW.

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