Beobachtung über den Fischadler im Roten Meer Pandion haliaetus (L.) : 7. Beitrag der Arbeitsgruppe Litoralforschung

Ospreys were observed during November and December at various areas of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, where the bird is fairly abundant at suitable localities. Territorial behaviour is little developed, and sometimes up to six birds join in mating flights. Since trees are not available, the nest is built on the ground, preferably on prominent cliffs, and is composed of anything suitable (wood cast ashore, vegetable matter, human refuse, bones of turtles, carcasses of gannets). In the Red Sea the osprey was observed to feed exclusively on fish (Serranidae, Belone, Hemirhamphus, Calyodon, Carangidae, Lutianidae.) Gannets (Sula leucogaster) are breeding close to the ospreys but are never attacked